Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cowardice"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cowardice \Cow"ard*ice\ (-[i^]s), n. [F. couardise, fr. couard.
See {Coward}.]
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. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cowardice
n : the trait of lacking courage [syn: {cowardliness}] [ant: {courage}]
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