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val·or

   [val-er]
noun
boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery: a medal for valor.
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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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  • Awards for valour are important in maintaining moral in the armed forces.
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World English Dictionary
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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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").

valour
British spelling of valor (q.v.); for suffix, see -or.
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