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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger;
- Example: "the proposal required great boldness"
- Example: "the plan required great hardiness of heart"
[syn: boldness, daring, hardiness, hardihood]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hardihood \Har"di*hood\ (h[aum]r"d[i^]*h[oo^]d), n. [Hardy +
   -hood.]
   Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind;
   bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.
   [1913 Webster]

         A bound of graceful hardihood.           --Wordsworth.
   [1913 Webster]

         It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to
         iniquity.                                --Buckminster.

   Syn: Intrepidity; courage; pluck; resolution; stoutness;
        audacity; effrontery; impudence.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hardihood
    n 1: the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve
         risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness";
         "the plan required great hardiness of heart" [syn:
         boldness, daring, hardiness, hardihood] [ant:
         timidity, timorousness]