Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchvaillance
- Anglo-Normanvaillaunce
- Middle Englishvaliaunce
- Englishvaliance
From Middle English valiaunce, from Anglo-Norman vaillaunce and Old French vaillance.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan valentia
- valentiaquality of being valiant
French vaillance
- vaillancequality of being valiant
German Beherztheit, Tapferkeit
- Beherztheitquality of being valiant
- Tapferkeitquality of being valiant
- Valianzquality of being valiant
- Heldenmutquality of being valiant
- Mutquality of being valiant
- Kühnheitquality of being valiant
- Ritterlichkeitquality of being valiant
- Bravourquality of being valiant
- Edelmutquality of being valiant
- Heldentumquality of being valiant
Polish bitność, waleczność
- bitnośćquality of being valiant
- walecznośćquality of being valiant
Russian до́блесть, отва́га
- до́блесть (dóblestʹ)quality of being valiant
- отва́га (otvága)quality of being valiant
- му́жество (múžestvo)quality of being valiant
- хра́брость (xrábrostʹ)quality of being valiant
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APA
valiance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valiance
MLA
“valiance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valiance. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “valiance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valiance.
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