valour
Individually sustained verve or passionIndividually sustained verve or passion.
» Discretion is the better part of valour.
Бережёного Бог бережёт.
Главное достоинство храбрости - благоразумие.
Meaning
4 senses(UK, uncountable, usually)Individually sustained verve or passion.
Valor wins the battle, not death!
(UK, uncountable, usually)Value; worth.
(UK, uncountable, usually)Strength of mind in regard to danger; the quality that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness; a feeling of upstanding bravery against adversity.
Tapferkeit, Heldenmut, Mannhaftigkeit
до́блестьdóblestʹ, отва́гаotvága, му́жествоmúžestvo
до́блестьdóblestʹ, відва́гаvidváha, му́жністьmúžnistʹ
(UK, dated, uncountable, usually)A brave man; a man of valour.
геро́йgerój
- the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
Examples
7 sentencesDiscretion is the better part of valour.
ruБережёного Бог бережёт.
O, lady, the glow-worm figurates my valour.
No salutations without miracles, and no ballads without valour.
It is war's prize to take all vantages, and ten to one is no impeach of valour.
deIm Krieg ist's Sitte, jeden Vorteil nutzen; zehn gegen eins setzt nicht den Mut herab.
"Doth the name / of sire or uncle make his young heart glow / for deeds of valour and ancestral fame?"
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English valour, from Anglo-Norman valour, from Latin valor. Doublet of valure.From Middle English valour, from Anglo-Norman valour, from Latin valor. Doublet of valure.
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Forms
plural: valoursSynonyms
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