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[ val -er ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈvæl ər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery: a medal for valor.
Also especially British , val·our .
Origin of valor 1350–1400; Middle English
valo (
u )
r <Anglo-French; Middle French
valeur <Late Latin
valōr-, stem of
valor worth, equivalent to Latin
val (
ēre ) to be of worth +
-or -or
1 SYNONYMS FOR valor intrepidity, spirit.
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ANTONYMS FOR valor cowardice.
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synonym study for valor See courage.
Words nearby valor Valmid, Valmiki, Valois, Valona, valonia, valor , valorize, valorous, valour, Valparaiso, Valpolicella
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Example sentences from the Web for valor Even the valor of tragedy is denied to Daisy, “a woman born with a voice that lacks a tragic register.”
Carol Shields’s Tale Of Secondhand Life | Nathaniel Rich| October 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The founder of Valor por Tamaulipas disputes this version of events and has characterized it as disinformation.
She Tweeted Against the Mexican Cartels. They Tweeted Her Murder. | Jason McGahan| October 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Understandably the narcos wanted to know the real identities of Felina and her compañeros at Valor por Tamaulipas.
She Tweeted Against the Mexican Cartels. They Tweeted Her Murder. | Jason McGahan| October 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The founder of Valor por Tamaulipas confirmed that the photos are of Felina.
She Tweeted Against the Mexican Cartels. They Tweeted Her Murder. | Jason McGahan| October 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Ground war remained, inevitably, a place of high sacrifice as well as valor .
Blood and War: The Hard Truth About ‘Boots on the Ground’ | Clive Irving| September 22, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Her ancestors were of king's blood, and the more immediate of them were distinguished for their valor and high birth.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil | David W. Bartlett
Personal exhibitions of valor and determination there were; but the main body had lost heart, and were weary and hungry.
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, | George Alfred Townsend
Henry V, on the other hand, was merely anxious to make himself and his house popular by deeds of valor .
An Introduction to the History of Western Europe | James Harvey Robinson
He was awarded a medal for valor on the field of action, but he valued more the wound which he had won in fighting for Italy.
Builders of United Italy | Rupert Sargent Holland
My remark was most uncourteousparticularly to one who has ere now given no equivocal proof of his valor .
Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf | George W. M. Reynolds
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Idioms and Phrases with valor see discretion is the better part of valor.
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