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Antonyms for valiance
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : val-yuh n-see or val-yuh ns |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæl yən si or ˈvæl yəns |
Definition of valiance
Origin :- mid-15c., from Anglo-French valiance (c.1300) or Old French valliance, from Old French valiant (see valiant).
- noun courage
- noun heroism
- Well, his valiance should prove it; his valiance, afraid neither of light nor of darkness.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- She was full of her work and enthusiastic over the valiance of her people.
- Extract from : « Out To Win » by Coningsby Dawson
- Such audacity of courage seemed to him gallant in a man; in a woman, expressing faith in his valiance, it was enchanting.
- Extract from : « The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains » by Charles Egbert Craddock
- She gives an impression of valiance without any hint of worldliness, or desire for any kind of flesh-pot.
- Extract from : « Diplomatic Days » by Edith O'Shaughnessy
- Young and weak, and wrong of sex for doing any valiance, long I lay by my father's body, wringing out my wretchedness.
- Extract from : « Erema » by R. D. Blackmore
- To prove his valiance and to exercise his body in feats of arms he was on his way to a tourney, armed and fortified in his joy.
- Extract from : « Tales from the Old French » by Various
- I fought in the Atjeh war, and a brave people wondered at the valiance of a stranger.
- Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
- His word has ever been a strength among us, and no man here but knows his valiance in the cause.
- Extract from : « Oliver Cromwell » by John Drinkwater
Synonyms for valiance
- adventuresomeness
- adventurousness
- audacity
- backbone
- boldness
- braveness
- bravery
- bravura
- courage
- courageousness
- daring
- dash
- dauntlessness
- determination
- doughtiness
- élan
- endurance
- enterprise
- fearlessness
- firmness
- fortitude
- gallantry
- gameness
- grit
- guts
- hardihood
- heart
- heroism
- intrepidity
- intrepidness
- lion-heartedness
- mettle
- nerve
- nobility
- pluck
- pluckiness
- power
- prowess
- pugnacity
- rashness
- recklessness
- resolution
- spirit
- spunk
- stoutheartedness
- strength
- temerity
- tenacity
- undauntedness
- valiancy
- valiantness
- valor
- valorousness
- venturesomeness
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