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cowardice::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cowardliness |
| Type of | spirit |
| Has types | cravenness, dastardliness, fearfulness |
Examples of cowardice
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Incrementalism and business-side cowardice won't provide a template for success.
From the theatlantic.com
To him, guile is a synonym for cowardice, and patience the deadliest of virtues.
From the time.com
He is interrogated as a spy, but his unabashed cowardice confounds the military.
From the time.com
And the Christian leaders of the time, out of cowardice perhaps, were complicit.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Bragg chose to blame Breckinridge and the cowardice of his army for the defeat.
From the en.wikipedia.org
After all, what Roeder stands accused of is an act of cowardice, not nobility.
From the kansas.com
That act of cowardice has been gnawing at his gentleman-outlaw's heart ever since.
From the washingtonpost.com
Call McConnell out for cowardice if he refuses to debate defense issues there.
From the courier-journal.com
Cowardice and lack of leadership should not be rewarded through a game of chicken.
From the economist.com
- The trait of lacking courage
- Cowardice is the perceived failure to demonstrate sufficient robustness in the face of a challenge. The term describes a personality trait which is viewed as a negative characteristic and has been frowned upon (see norms) within most, if not all global cultures, while courage, typically viewed ...
- Lack of courage
- Refusal to confront a reasonable degree of fear or anxiety. Since fears and anxieties are extremely subjective (relative to experience, circumstance, stress and modulated by anxiety disorders) the qualifier of "reasonable degree" is highly individualized and very important. Compare with courage.
- (1) the surest protection against temptation. (2) to sin by silence.
