har·di·hood

[hahr-dee-hood]
noun
1.
boldness or daring; courage.
2.
audacity or impudence.
3.
strength; power; vigor: the hardihood of youth.
4.
hardy spirit or character; determination to survive; fortitude: the hardihood of early settlers.

Origin:
1625–35; hardy1 + -hood

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hardihood (ˈhɑːdɪˌhʊd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
courage, daring, or audacity

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Example sentences
The did not seem to realize that they exemplified truly astonishing courage and
  hardihood.
Far several decades the townsfolk have held annually their memorial service for
  those who have paid for hardihood with life.
When she will be launched no mundane being has the hardihood to say.
They would not be here if they did not bear within them the hardihood of
  pioneers, a courage of no mean order.
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