The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hardiment
Hardiment \Har"di*ment\ (-ment), n. [OF. hardement. See Hardy.] Hardihood; boldness; courage; energetic action. [Obs.]
Changing hardiment with great Glendower.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
hardiment
n. (context archaic English) bravery, courage.
Usage examples of "hardiment".
The whiles faire Britomart, whose constant mind,Would not so lightly follow beauties chace,Ne reckt of Ladies Loue, did stay behind,And them awayted there a certaine space,To weet if they would turne backe to that place:But when she saw them gone, she forward went,As lay her iourney, through that perlous Pace,With stedfast courage and stout hardiment.