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au·dac·i·ty

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–noun, plural -ties.

1.	boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.

2.	effrontery or insolence; shameless boldness: His questioner's audacity shocked the lecturer.

3.	Usually, audacities. audacious acts or statements.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME audacite < L audāc-, s. of audāx daring (adj.) + -ite -ity

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—Synonyms 1. nerve, spunk, grit, temerity, foolhardiness. 2. impudence, impertinence, brashness.

—Antonyms 1, 2. discretion, prudence.

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au·dac·i·ty Audio Help (ô-dās'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. au·dac·i·ties

Fearless daring; intrepidity.
Bold or insolent heedlessness of restraints, as of those imposed by prudence, propriety, or convention.
An act or instance of intrepidity or insolent heedlessness: warned the students than any audacities committed during the graduation ceremony would be punished.

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audacity

1432, from M.L. audacitas "boldness," from L. audacis gen. of audax "brave," but more often "bold" in a bad sense, from audere "to dare, be bold."

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