[kou-er-dis] 
| lack of courage to face danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc. |
| cow·ard·ice (kou'ər-dĭs) 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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