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au⋅dac⋅i⋅ty

  [aw-das-i-tee]
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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

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

Antonyms:
1, 2. discretion, prudence.
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au·dac·i·ty   (ô-dās'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. au·dac·i·ties
  1. Fearless daring; intrepidity.
  2. Bold or insolent heedlessness of restraints, as of those imposed by prudence, propriety, or convention.
  3. An act or instance of intrepidity or insolent heedlessness: warned the students than any audacities committed during the graduation ceremony would be punished.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Audacity

Au*dac"i*ty\, n. 1. Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.

The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men. --Tatler.

2. Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints.

With the most arrogant audacity. --Joye.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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