definition of cowardice
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cowardice cowardice definition: The definition of cowardice is lacking in courage. (noun) Refusing to apologize to someone's face because you aren't brave enough is an example of cowardice....
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A Coward dies many times but A valiant only once. A person must have the quality of purity and cleanliness as part of his life. Only that man is known the man of character who keeps his image clean. A Coward dies many times but A valiant only once. Coward dies many times before their death but the valiant never taste of death but once. In this proverb the word coward means a person who is not brave enough to face the challenges of daily life.
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- uk ​ /kəˈreɪ.dʒəs/ us ​ /kəˈreɪ.dʒəs/. C1 having or showing courage: It was a courageous decision to resign in protest at the company's pollution record. It was courageous of her to challenge the managing director's decision. Synonym. brave.
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- Brave and courageous. 1  adventurous. 2  audacious. 3  ballsy. be man enough to do sth idiom. 4  bite. faint.  get your courage up 1  idiom. grasp the nettle 2  idiom. 3  gritty. gutsy. have nerves of steel 4  idiom. heroic. 5  knightly. 6  muster. 7  nerve. 8  plucky. screw. screw up your 9  courage idiom. spunky.  stouthearted.
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Trivia The Cowardly Lion is a character from the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum, in his 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and its several sequel books writtren by Baum as well.n original Cowardly Lion costume from The Wizard of Oz was packed away after filming and forgotten for decades. It was found barely in time to be included in the landmark 1970 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer auction, where it sold for $2400 to a California chiropractor.
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- utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched: abject poverty. 2. contemptible; despicable; base-spirited: an abject coward. 3. shamelessly servile; slavish.
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- humility noun [U]. › the ​feeling or ​attitude that you have no ​special importance that makes you ​better than ​others; ​lack of ​pride: Grandma was a ​religious woman of ​deep humility. (Definition of humility from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press).
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- Why does Mayella choose cowards as her threat of choice for the men deciding her case? Especially since it takes more courage to go against the expected outcome and acquit Tom, right? We're guessing Mayella thinks that coward is the worst thing you can call a man—and why would she think that?
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- coward noun [C]. B2 a ​person who is not ​brave and is too ​eager to ​avoid ​danger, ​difficulty, or ​pain: They ​branded her a coward for ​informing on her ​colleagues during the interrogation.More examples.1  He ​ despised himself for being such a coward.2  He is a coward and a ​ bully.oward noun [C]. › ​person who is not ​brave, is ​easily ​frightened, or ​tries to ​avoid ​danger or ​difficulties: A coward is someone who ​sends you a ​nasty ​letter without ​signing it.
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- ‘Some have dismissed this as cowardice by the court, but its not really.’ ‘The cowardice of those prepared to gossip to journalists but not join 24 others in signing a secret letter is pitiable.’
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- Noël Coward. Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise.
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coward (comparative more coward, superlative most coward) 1  Cowardly. ( 2 heraldry, of a lion) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.
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- : the quality that allows someone to do things that are dangerous or frightening : the quality or state of being brave : courage. 1  He received a medal for bravery. 2  She showed great bravery. 3  an act of bravery [=a brave act]
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defiance defiance. 1  a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force. 2  open disregard; contempt (often followed by of): defiance of danger; His refusal amounted to defiance. 3  a challenge to meet in combat or in a contest. 4  bid defiance to, to offer resistance; defy.
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Prudence Distinguishing when acts are courageous, as opposed to reckless or cowardly, for instance, is an act of prudence, and for this reason it is classified as a cardinal (pivotal) virtue. In modern English, the word has become increasingly synonymous with cautiousness. In this sense, prudence names a reluctance to take risks, which remains a virtue with respect to unnecessary risks, but, when unreasonably extended into over-cautiousness, can become the vice of cowardice.
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- bravery meaning, definition, what is bravery: brave behaviour or actions: . Learn more.
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Courage Physical courage is bravery in the face of physical pain, hardship, death or threat of death, while moral courage is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, discouragement, or personal loss.
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Definition of âpiqueâ - English Dictionary uk ​ /piːk/ us ​ /piːk/. › a feeling of anger, especially caused by someone damaging your feeling of being proud of yourself: He stormed from the room in a fit of pique, shouting that he had been misunderstood. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words. Anger and displeasure. acrimonious. anger. animus. annoyance.
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cowardice Every officer or private who shall, through cowardice, negligence, or disaffection, in the time of action, withdraw from, or keep out of battle, or shall not do his utmost to take or destroy every vessel which it is his duty to encounter, or shall not do his utmost endeavor to afford relief to ships belonging to the United States, every such offender shall, on conviction thereof by a general court martial, suffer death, or such other punishment as the said court shall adjudge.
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- ‘his 11th-hour decision not to hold an election led to accusations of cowardice’ More example sentences ‘There is no reason for this other than craven cowardice in the face of power.’
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Cowardice As a label, cowardice indicates a failure of character in the face of a challenge. One who succumbs to cowardice is known as a coward, or informally a chicken. Many military codes of justice proscribe cowardice in combat as a crime punishable by death (note the phrase shot at dawn).
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bravery Learner's definition of BRAVERY. [noncount] : the quality that allows someone to do things that are dangerous or frightening : the quality or state of being brave : courage. He received a medal for bravery. She showed great bravery.
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courage Define courage. courage synonyms, courage pronunciation, courage translation, English dictionary definition of courage. n. The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery....
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brave Definition of brave. 1  1 archaic : bravado. 2  2 [in part borrowed from French, noun derivative of brave 1brave] : one with mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : one who is brave (see 1brave) none but the brave deserves the fair — John Dryden; specifically : an American Indian warrior. 3  3 archaic : bully, assassin.
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treason n. 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) violation or betrayal of the allegiance that a person owes his sovereign or his country, esp by attempting to overthrow the government; high treason. 2. any treachery or betrayal.
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- Sea sponges, widely considered the first animals on Earth, now have some extra ammunition to back up that belief. A molecule present in 640-million-year-old rocks comes from a simple sea sponge, according to genetic analysis done by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers.