intrepidity

2 definitions found

intrepidity - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Intrepidity \In`tre*pid"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. intr['e]pidit['e].]
     The quality or state of being intrepid; fearless bravery;
     courage; resoluteness; valor.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Sir Roger had acquitted himself of two or three
           sentences with a look of much business and great
           intrepidity.                             --Addison.
  
     Syn: Courage; heroism; bravery; fortitude; gallantry; valor.
          See Courage, Heroism.
          [1913 Webster]

intrepidity - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  intrepidity
      n 1: resolute courageousness [syn: dauntlessness,
           intrepidity]