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valiance (n.)

"valiant character" (obsolete or archaic), mid-15c., earlier vailance (late 14c.), from Anglo-French vaillaunce, valiauns (c. 1300) or Old French vaillance "value, price; merit, worth; virtue, fine qualities; courage, valor" (12c.), from Old French valiant "stalwart, brave," present-participle adjective from valoir "be worthy," originally "be strong," from Latin valere "be strong, be well, be worth, have power, be able, be in health" (from PIE root *wal- "to be strong").

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Definitions of valiance from WordNet

valiance (n.)
the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle);
Synonyms: heroism / gallantry / valor / valour / valorousness / valiancy
From wordnet.princeton.edu