audacity
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au·dac·i·ty
(ô-dăs'ĭ-tē) 
n., pl., -ties.
n., pl., -ties.
- Fearless daring; intrepidity.
- Bold or insolent heedlessness of restraints, as of those imposed by prudence, propriety, or convention.
- An act or instance of intrepidity or insolent heedlessness: warned the students than any audacities committed during the graduation ceremony would be punished.
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audacity
noun
- Willingness to take risks: adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audaciousness, boldness, daredevilry, daredeviltry, daring, daringness, venturesomeness, venturousness. See safety/danger.
- 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, gall, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness. Informal brass, crust, sauce, uppishness, uppityness. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, courtesy/discourtesy.
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audacity
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Definition: arrogance, presumptuousness
Antonyms: gentility, humility, meekness, modesty, timidity, yielding
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Definition: recklessness, daring
Antonyms: care, carefulness, caution, reserve, timidity
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IN BRIEF: Boldness or impudence.
I was amazed at Lee's audacity at the concert.
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- Falsehood, Pretense, and Exaggeration - audacity: bold, arrogant disregard for conventional thought or restrictions
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