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The trait of lacking courage
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cowardliness
Word definitions for cowardliness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cowardliness \Cow"ard*li*ness\ (-l?-n?s), n. Cowardice.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the trait of lacking courage [syn: cowardice ] [ant: courage ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The characteristic of being cowardly. 2 A cowardly action.
Usage examples of cowardliness.
He talked of the cowardliness of suicide, complained of the small extent and horrid climate of St.
Bradshaw would be angry, and a storm would arise, from the bare thought of which Ruth shrank with the cowardliness of a person thoroughly worn out with late contest.
And further, I thought the world thereby would take occasion at my cowardliness, to have blasphemed the gospel, and to have had some ground to suspect worse of me and my profession, than I deserved.
What they consider cowardliness or inferiority, is merely your kindness, for you are strong, in so many ways.
So in Daniel Waterhouse, an observer could see cowardliness in its pure form, and perhaps learn something of its nature.
Had she done more, stroked his face, touched his thigh, he might have had the strength, even the cowardliness necessary to pull away from her.