Prowess and Virtue

Prowess

Prowess noun - Strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger.

Usage example: an extraordinary display of prowess on the battlefield

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Virtue and prowess are semantically related in bravery topic. In some cases you can use "Virtue" instead a noun "Prowess".

Virtue noun - Strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger.

Usage example: a military hero whose virtue inspired a nation

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Prowess and virtue are semantically related in bravery topic. Sometimes you can use "Prowess" instead a noun "Virtue".

Nearby Words: virtuous, virtually, virtuously, virtu

good	good prowess	good virtue
high	high prowess	high virtue
pure	pure prowess	pure virtue
similar	similar prowess	similar virtue
Other adjectives: sheer, actual, real, great, little, social, supposed, innate, personal, political, greater, greatest, martial, alleged.

When featured in video or tabletop games, virtue systems often takes the form of scorekeeping scales that represent a protagonist's prowess in a certain virtue.

Source: Virtue/Vice Codification
In Imajica, the Autarch of Yzordderrex rules three Alternate Universes, mainly by virtue of his unmatched magical prowess and utter ruthlessness.

Source: Sorcerous Overlord
Master Swordsman: Aside from the Seguleh, to whom martial prowess is a religious virtue, plenty abound.

Source: Literature / Malazan Book of the Fallen

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