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Definition of Bravery
1. Noun. A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear.
Generic synonyms: Spirit
Specialized synonyms: Heart, Mettle, Nerve, Spunk, Gallantry, Heroism, Valiance, Valiancy, Valor, Valorousness, Valour, Dauntlessness, Intrepidity, Dutch Courage, Stoutheartedness, Fearlessness, Fortitude
Attributes: Brave, Courageous
Derivative terms: Brave, Brave, Courageous, Courageous
Antonyms: Cowardice
2. Noun. Feeling no fear.
Generic synonyms: Feeling
Specialized synonyms: Security
Antonyms: Fear
Derivative terms: Fearless, Fearless
Definition of Bravery
1. n. The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.
Definition of Bravery
1. Noun. (usually uncountable) Being brave, courageousness. ¹
2. Noun. A brave act. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bravery
1. courage [n -ERIES] - See also: courage
Medical Definition of Bravery
1. 1. The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity. "Remember, sir, my liege, . . . The natural bravery of your isle." (Shak) 2. The act of braving; defiance; bravado. "Reform, then, without bravery or scandal of former times and persons." 3. Splendor; magnificence; showy appearance; ostentation; fine dress. "With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery." (Shak) "Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim." (Milton) 4. A showy person; a fine gentleman; a beau. "A man that is the bravery of his age." (Beau. & Fl) Synonym: Courage, heroism, interpidity, gallantry, valor, fearlessness, dauntlessness, hardihood, manfulness. See Courage, and Heroism. Origin: Cf. F. Braverie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bravery
Literary usage of Bravery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"Gallantry is extraordinary bravery, or bravery on extraordinary occasions: ...
bravery is common to vast numbers and whole nations; gallantry is peculiar to ..."
2. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"bravery is of utility only in the hour of attack or contest; courage \3 of service
at all times and under ail circumstances : bravery is of avail in ..."
3. Works by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1838)
"ON THE bravery OF THE ENGLISH COMMON SOLDIERS. Bi those who have compared the
military genius of the English with that of the French nation, it is remarked, ..."
4. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"Embroiderer, silkman, jeweller ,tailor And the third part of the land too, bravery,
... bravery ..."
5. The anatomy of melancholy, by Democritus iunior by Robert Burton (1821)
"scoffs at anothers bravery and happiness. Myrsine, an Attick wench, was murthered
of her fellows, a because she did excel the rest in beauty (Constantine, ..."
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