HARDIHOOD
boldness, daring, hardiness, hardihood
(noun) the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; “the proposal required great boldness”; “the plan required great hardiness of heart”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hardihood (countable and uncountable, plural hardihoods)
Unyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that exposes one to difficulty, danger, or calamity; intrepidness.
Excessive boldness; foolish daring; offensive assurance.
(of a plant) Ability to withstand extreme conditions, hardiness.
Source: Wiktionary
Hard"i*hood, n. Etym: [Hardy + -hood.]
Definition: Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery;
intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.
A bound of graceful hardihood. Wordsworth.
It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to iniquity.
Buckminster.
Syn.
– Intrepidity; courage; pluck; resolution; stoutness; audacity;
effrontery; impudence.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition