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cowardice [ˈkaʊərdɪs, Brit -ədɪs] N no pl

cowardice

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No one had ever told me that one consequence of dehydration is cowardice in its most abject form. en.wikipedia.org

In militaries around the world courts-martial have imposed death sentences for offenses such as cowardice, desertion, insubordination, and mutiny. en.wikipedia.org

It is a feminist plea about women's place in history with the title referring to the cowardice of men. en.wikipedia.org

Passivity, submission, cowardice have nothing to do with the nonviolent technique, which is correctly understood as "one" type of "active" response. en.wikipedia.org

Billy comes to a realization about himself: that his original enlistment and withdrawal from music was fundamentally due to cowardice. en.wikipedia.org

He sentenced his son to death because of cowardice in the battlefield. en.wikipedia.org

He was charged with cowardice and jailed, but in response to the charge, he volunteered to go unarmed to the front of the troops. en.wikipedia.org

Tally was warned not to enter the town, but did anyway, to accusations of his cowardice. en.wikipedia.org

Finding his wife terrified at the scene, he cursed her cowardice and raised his hunting crop as if to strike her. en.wikipedia.org

Cowardice is the most serious shame for a male. en.wikipedia.org

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