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Webster 1913 Edition

(-ĭs)

Noun.

[F.

couardise

, fr.

couard

. See

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.

Noun.

Want of courage to face danger; timidity; pusillanimity; fear of exposing ones person to danger.

Cowardice alone is loss of fame.

Did cowardice; did injustice ever save a sinking state.