dictionary definitions for "cowardice"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cowardice
      n 1: the trait of lacking courage [syn: cowardice,
           cowardliness] [ant: braveness, bravery, courage,
           courageousness]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           The cowardice of doing wrong.            --Milton.
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           Moderation was despised as cowardice.    --Macaulay.
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