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Audacity   /ɑdˈæsəti/   Listen
noun
Audacity  n.  
1.
Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness. "The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men."
2.
Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; implying a contempt of law or moral restraints. "With the most arrogant audacity."





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"Audacity" Quotes from Famous Books



... am deeply grieved. I would have shot the young savage had I thought he would have had the audacity ...
— The Rival Crusoes • W.H.G. Kingston
... idea of my audacity when I say I applied the Spanish word volante to any one I had sent on an errand, and that I had determined to GALLICISE the English word TO SIP, which means to drink in small quantities. I however dug out the French word siroter, which expresses ...
— The Physiology of Taste • Brillat Savarin
... never reappeared, and a safe precedent was established for Soeur Lucie's future guidance; but she got into great trouble at the time, and gained moreover the unenviable distinction of having committed a deed of unparalleled audacity. After this, what might not be expected of such a child? The nuns at once formed a bad opinion of her, which they owed it to themselves to confirm on the occasion of each succeeding offence, by ...
— My Little Lady • Eleanor Frances Poynter
... of gaining the crown was not the result of a premeditated plan in the minds of the restless Guises. Nothing warranted such a hope or such a plan. Circumstances alone inspired their audacity. The two cardinals and the two Balafres were four ambitious minds, superior in talents to all the other politicians who surrounded them. This family was never really brought low except by Henri ...
— Catherine de' Medici • Honore de Balzac
... persons taken in these ships as prisoners, they were soon in great want of medicines, and he had the audacity to demand a chest from the governor. This demand was made in a manner not less daring than insolent. Teach sent Richards, the captain of the Revenge, with Mr. Marks, one of the prisoners, and several others, to present their request. Richards informed the governor, that unless their demand ...
— The Pirates Own Book • Charles Ellms


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