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• n  the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)

• Key Performers Bernadette Peters, Phyllis Newman, Donna McKechnie, Ron Husmann, Jess Richards and Remak Ramsay enact their roles with desperate valiance.
• Virginia Martin is a dingdong Belle, the poor little waif with a heart of brass and a voice to match, who spends the evening chugging, with brassy valiance, from the wrong side .
• Balanced between torment and valiance, Susan Kingsley, an actress of kinetic authority, exemplifies what Archibald MacLeish once said of poetry: "A poem should not mean but be.

• heroism
• gallantry
• valor
• valour
• valorousness
• valiancy

News & Articles

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• Raiders Fan Saves Life of Woman Who Leapt from 3rd Deck of Oakland Coliseum
  What could have been an outright tragedy was averted thanks to the valiance of an Oakland Raiders fan who saved the life of a woman when she jumped from the third deck of the Oakland Coliseum. David DeBolt of the San Jose Mercury News reports that a 61-year-old man from Stockton—who is also a Marine Corps veteran—was on the second deck when he noticed the woman, who apparently intended to take ...
  Nov. 25, 2013 - Bleacher Report

Quotes

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• President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in GMA news.tv
  President Arroyo said she depends on Pacquiao to become an instrument of peace in Mindanao, citing that his "heart, valiance, dignity and love of God and of our country exemplify the indomitable and triumphant Filipino Spirit."
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in KVUE
  Al-Qaim was the battlefield where the youth of Mohammed have proved their valiance after 10 days of fighting,the speaker on the audio tape attributed to al-Zarqawi said.