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Synonyms for valiance


Grammar : Noun
Spell : val-yuh n-see or val-yuh ns
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæl yən si or ˈvæl yəns

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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