cravenness

Variant of craven

adjective

very cowardly; abjectly afraid

Origin: ME cravant < OFr < cravanté, pp. of cravanter, to break < VL *crepantare, to cause to burst < L crepare, to rattle, creak < IE *krep- < base *ker- > raven

noun

a thorough coward

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