intrepidity

[ US /ˌɪnˈtɹɛpɪdəˌti/ ]
NOUN
  1. resolute courageousness
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  • The Cock that had been beaten, perceiving this, soon quitted his hole, and, shaking off all remembrance of his late disgrace, gallanted the hens with all the intrepidity imaginable. Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse
  • He had qualities of character that under better constitutional arrangements would have invigorated the functions of the House as an organ of control, but at that time, with the separation that had been introduced between the House and the Administration, his energy was mischievous and his intrepidity was a misfortune to himself and to his party. Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism
  • Render privateering profita - ble by your statutes; let Government encourage them by suitable bounties — I do not mean such as you give to your soldiers on land, who get paid whether they fight or not, whether success - ful in battle or unsuccessful*«-but when seamen arc thus employed, let them have what they do conquer, who, irom the nature of their engage - ments, get no reward other than that which ehance may afibrd them an opportunity to ac - quire by their valor and intrepidity, which is aearly swallowed by your statutes. The debates and proceedings in the Congress of the United States : with an appendix containing important state papers and public documents, and all the laws of a public nature; with a copious index; compiled from authentic materials
  • His compassionate work arises from the noblest of philosophical traditions, the true spirit of which is distinctly Indian and invokes a detached intrepidity, celebrates joy in birth and life and accepts death with grace.
  • They had but little wealth; but they had what in a new community is far better, -- frugal and industrious habits, enterprise, firm self-reliance, and the cool intrepidity which is fostered by frequent exposure to danger. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885
  • The report reveals that, instead of taking action against the guards involved, ArmorGroup North America gave them a mocked-up citation which improperly bore the seal of the US State Department and praised them for their "intrepidity". Mercenaries in Afghanistan : Lord of the Flies
  • The cock that had been beaten perceived this, soon quitted his hole, and shaking off all remembrance of his late disgrace, gallanted the hens with all the intrepidity imaginable. Original Acrostics on all the States and Presidents of the United States, and Various Other Subjects, Religious, Political, and Personal
  • Victoria Jennings Kelsall, herself a former Marine with a tour in Iraq, added to the intrepidity by speaking nearly unfalteringly of her hero-husband and his belief in America's mission. A Decade of Trial
  • Ile is a splendid mountaineer, strange to say: he will climb the rocky pathways with fearless intrepidity; but put a camel on mud and he can skid worse than a "Tin Lizzie" on ice, or Laurier in an election. The Imperial Significance of the Capture of Jerusalem
  • Yet maybe that eccentric, rootless Viking intrepidity would suit her hero more.
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