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–noun

1.	the quality or state of being impudent; effrontery; insolence.

2.	impudent conduct or language.

3.	Obsolete. lack of modesty; shamelessness.

Also, im·pu·den·cy.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L impudentia shamelessness. See impudent, -ence

]

—Synonyms 1. impertinence, rudeness; brass, brazenness, face, lip, boldness, presumption, sauce, pertness; nerve, gall.

—Antonyms 1. courtesy.

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n.

The quality of being offensively bold.
Offensively bold behavior.

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impudence
noun
1.	an impudent statement
2.	the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties [syn: crust]

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Impudence

Ef*front"er*y\, n.; pl. Effronteries. [F. effronterie, fr. effront['e] shameless, fr. L. effrons, -ontis, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced, shameless; ex + frons the forehead. See Front.] Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.

Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. --Bancroft.

Syn: Impudence; sauciness. See Impudence.

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