COWARDICE

cowardice, cowardliness

(noun) the trait of lacking courage

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cowardice (countable and uncountable, plural cowardices)

Lack of courage.

Synonyms

• cowardliness

• cowardness

• cowardship

Source: Wiktionary


Cow"ard*ice (-s), n. Etym: [F. couardise, fr. couard. See Coward.]

Definition: Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit. The cowardice of doing wrong. Milton. Moderation was despised as cowardice. Macualay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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