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Cowardliness

noun
1.
The trait of lacking courage.  Synonym: cowardice.






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"Cowardliness" Quotes from Famous Books



... end, when he begins to wean you from him, so that you're as pleased to be done with him as you thought you would be sorry. I wonder if it's old age? It is a little, I am sure. A young person would get sickened by the dead level of meanness and cowardliness; you require to be a little spoiled and cynical before you can enjoy it. I have just finished the WAY OF THE WORLD; there is only one person in it - no, there are three - who are nice: the wild American woman, ...
— The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson - Volume 1 • Robert Louis Stevenson

... mouthpiece. He may laugh and weep with the people, but he has got to vote with the party—and it's the party man who comes out on top. Why, look at Withers! Hunt about in his senatorial record and you'll find that he has voted against himself time out of number. You and I may call that cowardliness, but the party calls it honour and applauds every time. That applause has kept him the exponent of the machine and the idol of the people, who hear the fuss and imagine it means something. Now Webb is like Withers, only ...
— The Voice of the People • Ellen Glasgow



Words linked to "Cowardliness" :   dastardliness, fearful, cravenness, courage, spirit, fearfulness, cowardly



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