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Another word for audacity

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audacity

n.

Courage
daring, boldness, valor; see courage 1.
Impudence
impertinence, temerity, brazenness, insolence; see rudeness, temerity. See syn. study at temerity.

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Another word for audacity

noun

Willingness to take risks:
adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audaciousness, boldness, daredevilry, daredeviltry, daring, daringness, venturesomeness, venturousness. See safety
The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident:
assumption, audaciousness, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall¹, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness. (Informal) brass, crust, sauce, uppishness, uppityness. See attitude, courtesy

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I can't believe she had the audacity to ask me to do her work for her.
It required some audacity for a young child to jump from the high dive.
Amanda had the audacity to show up to the party, despite the fact that she was not invited.
Isaiah had the audacity to talk back to his mother, making her upset with him.
The first responders have audacity, making them well-suited to deal with emergency situations.

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