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Valorous

Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid.

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Brave 84% connected

Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.

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Brave 84% connected

Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.

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Courageous 84% connected

Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.

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Courageous 84% connected

Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.

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Valiance 74% connected

Alt. of Valiancy

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Valiance 74% connected

Alt. of Valiancy

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Valiant 92% connected

Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer.

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Bold noun · 78% connection

Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.

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Comfortable adjective · 78% connection

Strong; vigorous; valiant.

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Contradiction noun · 78% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Contradiction in terms noun · 78% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Dauntless adjective · 78% connection

Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.

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Denominative adjective · 78% connection

Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: possessing, exhibiting, valor, brave, courageous.
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Doughty superl. · 78% connection

Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero.

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Drawcansir noun · 78% connection

A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: possessing, exhibiting, valor, brave, courageous.
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Dreadless adjective · 78% connection

Free from dread; fearless; intrepid; dauntless; as, dreadless heart.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: possessing, exhibiting, valor, brave, courageous.
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Electricity noun · 78% connection

A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, th…

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Epanorthosis noun · 78% connection

A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brav…

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Equitable adjective · 78% connection

Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbias…

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Gallant adjective · 78% connection

Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.

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Generous adjective · 78% connection

Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courage…

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Genteel adjective · 78% connection

Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of…

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Handicap noun · 78% connection

An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: possessing, exhibiting, valor, brave, courageous.
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Hardy adjective · 78% connection

Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.

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Intrepid adjective · 78% connection

Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.

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