valor
[ val-er ]
noun
boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery: a medal for valor.
Origin of valor
11350–1400; 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
- Also especially British, val·our .
synonym study For valor
See courage.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with valor
valor
see discretion is the better part of valor.
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