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noun

Audacity n.

Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness. "The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men."

Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; implying a contempt of law or moral restraints. "With the most arrogant audacity."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Audacity" Quotes from Famous Books

... your journal a letter from Mr. Herbert Spencer in which he, relying on indirect information conveyed to him, regarding my book, Socialism and Modern Science, expresses "his astonishment at the audacity of him who has made use of his name to ...

— Socialism and Modern Science (Darwin, Spencer, Marx) • Enrico Ferri

... of my sojourn in this country deepens the desire in my mind to see an increasing unity of understanding between America and England. I feel that the audacity of America, its passion for the Right Thing, and its impatience with the spirit of muddling through are the finest incentives for modern England, England at this dawn of her political renascence. I feel, too, as Americans themselves ...

— The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 - What Americans Say to Europe • Various

... of displeasing Mme. de Restaud, he meant to annoy the dandy. It had struck him all at once that he had seen the young man before at Mme. de Beauseant's ball; he guessed the relation between Maxime and Mme. de Restaud; and with the youthful audacity that commits prodigious blunders or achieves signal success, he said to himself, "This is my rival; I mean to ...

— Father Goriot • Honore de Balzac

... that, in their own opinion, these men were more or less criminal: and guilt always assumes an audacity, and fierceness, which it does not feel. They were not intentionally acting well: but were doing that which they supposed to be a deed of desperate wickedness, for selfish purposes. Had the consent of any one of them when dying been asked, to have his body dug up and dissected, he would have ...

— The Adventures of Hugh Trevor • Thomas Holcroft

... all; we were the victims of circumstances. When I remember how quick-witted and alert that manager was, to catch us unawares and so add to the value of his picture, I can quite forgive the fellow his audacity." ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West • Edith Van Dyne

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