Definition of Cowardice. Meaning of Cowardice. Synonyms of Cowardice

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Definition of Cowardice

Cowardice
Cowardice Cow"ard*ice (-[i^]s), n. [F. couardise, fr. couard. See Coward.] Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit. The cowardice of doing wrong. --Milton. Moderation was despised as cowardice. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Cowardice from wikipedia

- Cowardice is a characteristic wherein excessive fear prevents an individual from taking a risk or facing danger. It is the opposite of courage. As a label...
- Feigheit (Four and a Half Years [of Struggle] Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice). Max Amann, head of the Franz Eher Verlag and Hitler's publisher, is...
- recognised propaganda symbol. It has, among other things, represented cowardice or conscientious pacifism; as in A. E. W. Mason's 1902 book The Four Feathers...
- The Brand of Cowardice is a 1916 silent film starring Lionel Barrymore and released through Metro Pictures. It is a lost film. After Cyril Hamilton refuses...
- Brand of Cowardice is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and starring Bruce Gordon, Carmelita Geraghty and Harry Lonsdale...
- individuals who are harmed within the context of the institution. Institutional cowardice is a concept examined by forensic psychologist Laura S. Brown as being...
- Learning to Cope with Cowardice is the debut album by British singer Mark Stewart, released in 1983 by On-U Sound Records. It was released on CD in 1991...
- criminals" for cowardice. The book was based on the Souain corporals affair, an actual event in WWI when the French Army shot four men for cowardice as an example...
- army to punish units or large groups guilty of capital offences, such as cowardice, mutiny, desertion, and insubordination, and for pacification of rebellious...
- bourgeois mentality that it opposed, such as materialism, cr****ness, cowardice, and the inability to comprehend the heroic ideal of the fascist "warrior";...