pusillanimity

Once again, Republican pusillanimity in the face of gun fanaticism threatens to gut sane gun legislation in Congress.
Pro-Gun Absolutism: The Gun Lobby’s Push to Privatize Law and Order|Will Marshall|April 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He exhorted his hearers to imitate the example of Paris, and accused the royal officers of indolence and pusillanimity.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
England then might, with more reason, reproach her own rulers for pusillanimity than the Corsicans for ingratitude.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson|Robert Southey
Comments were very freely made on the energy displayed by commanders in some instances, in contrast with pusillanimity in others.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army|Charles Alexander Gordon

The Elector's struggle with himself was long and violent, but pusillanimity and self-interest for awhile prevailed.
The Thirty Years War, Complete|Friedrich Schiller
But the pusillanimity which I have observed among the so-called Liberals has given me cause for reflection.
Ghosts|Henrik Ibsen

Origin of pusillanimity