audacity

[ aw-das-i-tee ]
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noun,plural au·dac·i·ties.
  1. boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.

  2. effrontery or insolence; shameless boldness: His questioner's audacity shocked the lecturer.

  1. Usually audacities . audacious or particularly bold or daring acts or statements.

Origin of audacity

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First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English audacite, equivalent to Latin audāc- (stem of audāx “bold, daring”) + -ity

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