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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Courage and boldness, as in battle; bravery.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Strength of mind in resisting fear and braving danger; bravery; especially, courage and skill in fighting.
  2. n. Value; worth.
  3. n. A man of courage; a brave man.
  4. n. Synonyms Courage, gallantry. See brave.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Value; worth.
  2. n. Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. obsolete Value; worth.
  2. n. Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.
  3. n. rare A brave man; a man of valor.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)

Etymologies

  1. Anglo-Norman and Old French valor, valur, valour, from Latin valor. Compare Spanish valor and valer. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English valour, from Old French, from Late Latin valor, from Latin valēre, to be strong; see wal- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “As for myself, I was busy with my work, for now my superiors were good enough to advance me for what they called valor on the field.”

    The Way of a Man

  • “It was used, by armies led by aristocrats against longbows, rifled muskets, and even by a King of Sparta, who, when shown the huge dart from then new catapult weapons exclaimed “woe to the virtuous, ... all valor is now vanquished, and cowards shall rule better men”.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare, the CIA, and Charlie Savage’s NYT Article

  • “They said Jeff stole honor and valor from the real heroes.”

    Jeffrey Morgan MULLER aka Jeffrey Carhoota

  • “One of the first units in the United States armed forces to have Black officers in addition to its all-black enlisted corps, the 369th compiled an astounding war record, earning several unit citations along with many individual decorations for valor from the French government.”

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  • “And what the chickenhawks lack in valor, they make up for in volume!”

    Those flag-draped coffins

  • “I don't think any of our guys cloaked themselves in valor here tonight.”

    USATODAY.com

  • “Indeed you might say to Canada and of all her sons that in valor and self-sacrifice, it has been "Canada first.”

    The Record of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade

  • “In every decisive conflict of the world they win who are on the righteous side; and it matters not what skill of generalship, what prowess of concentrated hosts, what desperate valor is arrayed against the right.”

    Victory and Mourning

  • “Gordon Shitstain even went so far as to use the word valor to describe O'Barry.”

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  • “In the hour of danger it was shameful for the chief to be surpassed in valor by his companions; shameful for the companions not to equal the valor of their chief.”

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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synonyms (10)

Words with the same meaning

  1. fearlessness
  2. heroism
  1. boldness
  2. gallantry
  1. bravery
  2. courage
  1. value
  2. worth
  1. prowess
  2. intrepidity

hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. bravery
  1. courage
  1. courageousness
  1. braveness

same context (14)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. valour
  2. courage
  1. perseverance
  2. prowess
  1. patriotism
  2. intrepidity
  1. endurance
  2. generosity
  1. tenacity
  2. chivalry
  1. prudence
  2. magnanimity
  1. boldness
  2. tact

rhymes (1)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. calor

reverse dictionary (41)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. valure
  2. valour
  3. intrepidity
  4. doughtiness
  5. hero
  6. undisciplined
  7. unfleshed
  8. valiance
  1. valiantness
  2. swasher
  3. javafx_enterpri
  4. Bern
  5. courageousness
  6. heroically
  7. valiant
  8. achievement
  1. chivalry
  2. courage
  3. achillean
  4. valiantly
  5. valorous
  6. valorously
  7. -or
  8. overvaliant
  1. virtue
  2. valiantise
  3. knight banneret
  4. knight of the square flag
  5. Medal of Honor
  6. banneret
  7. Congressional Medal of Honor
  8. prowess
  1. soldier
  2. valor
  3. value
  4. vassalage
  5. Victoria Cross
  6. warproof
  7. bravery
  8. heroism
  1. swash

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  • pikachu The mind of a man is capable of anything--because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there after all? Joy, fear, sorrow, devotion, valor, rage--who can tell?--but truth, truth stripped of its cloak of time.
    -Heart of Darkness (Conrad) Mar 19, 2011

  • dbekeny WIZARD
    Well, you can't. As for you, my fine
    friend -- you're a victim of disorganized
    thinking. You are under the unfortunate
    delusion that simply because you run away
    from danger, you have no courage. You're
    confusing courage with wisdom. Back where
    I come from, we have men who are called
    heroes. Once a year, they take their
    fortitude out of mothballs and parade it
    down the main street of the city. And they
    have no more courage than you have. But!
    They have one thing that you haven't got!
    A medal! Therefore -- for meritorious....
    conduct, extraordinary valor, conspicuous
    bravery against wicked witches, I award you
    the Triple Cross.
    Jun 11, 2010

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