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valour

UK/ˈvælə/US/ˈvælɚ/
nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,077 of 15,258leans written

Valour is great courage in the face of danger. An act of valour, decorated for valour, discretion and valour.

It belongs to medals and citations, where awards for valour are given for courage under fire specifically. Discretion is the better part of valour is the saying, from Falstaff, and it is a joke about running away.

Definitions of valour

  1. 1nounvalourGreat courage in the face of danger.C1

    “Old songs celebrate the valour of the knights who defended the bridge.”

valour is a courage.

Also accepted in games: valor

Where it comes from

Latin valor means worth or strength, from valere, to be strong.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *h₂welh₁-

  2. Anglo-Norman

    valour

  3. Middle English

    valour

  4. English, today

    valour

From Middle English valour, from Anglo-Norman valour. From Middle English valour, from Anglo-Norman valour, from Latin valor. a doublet of valure.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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