courage
/ˈkʌɹɪdʒ/ · noun
Meaning
- The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
- The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.
- The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal.
- To encourage.
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