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valor

[val-er]

Origin

noun

boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery: a medal for valor.

Also, especially British, val·our.

Origin:
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 -or¹

Synonyms
intrepidity, spirit. See courage.

Antonyms
cowardice.

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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valour or valor (ˈvælə)

—n
	courage or bravery, esp in battle

[C15: from Late Latin valor, from valēre to be strong]

valor or valor

—n

[C15: from Late Latin valor, from valēre to be strong]

'valorous or valor

—*adj*

'valorously or valor

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

valor

c.1300, "value, worth," from O.Fr. valour "strength, value, valor," from L.L. valorem (nom. valor) "value, worth," from stem of L. valere "be worth, be strong" (see valiant). The meaning "courage" is first recorded 1581, from It. valore, from the same L.L. word. (The M.E.

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word also had a sense of "worth or worthiness in respect of manly qualities").

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Idioms & Phrases

valor

see discretion is the better part of valor.