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cow·ard·ice 
[kou-er-dis] Pronunciation Key
[kou-er-dis] Pronunciation Key –noun
| lack of courage to face danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc. |
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| cow·ard·ice
(kou'ər-dĭs) Pronunciation Key
n. Ignoble fear in the face of danger or pain. [Middle English cowardise, from Old French couardise, alteration of couardie, from couard, coward; see coward.] |
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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. The cowardice of doing wrong. --Milton. Moderation was despised as cowardice. --Macaulay.
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