Preposition: of

• man: Does she agree that the courage of these firefighters is in sharp contrast to the cowardice of the IRA men who murdered them?

• leader: The ruling class mistook the cowardice of the union leaders for the workers ' mood.

Converse of object

• show: Therefore, to have bottle is to have courage; to bottle out is to show cowardice.

• suppose: The last lines of the inscription on the grave are a bitter reference to Carey's supposed cowardice.

• exhibit: I believe that this exhibits professional cowardice and a stunning lack of imagination.

• say: Early on he said that cowardice is the biggest threat to the world today, but pressed on this he refined his point somewhat.

• mean: Because if you ran away then it meant you were afraid - " flight was not an option, it meant cowardice " .

• call: Some might call that cowardice, and they might be right.

Adjective modifier

• moral: We can dismiss the former position as moral cowardice, which leaves only the latter as a serious response.

• political: Short term political cowardice is going to have terrible economic effects over the next 5 years.

• own: You are forced by your own psychological cowardice to believe impossibilities for fear of actually dying when you die.

• such: No words can express the contempt all decent people would feel for such abject cowardice.

• craven: What I did, tho, was to bid 3, craven cowardice of the highest order.

• abject: No words can express the contempt all decent people would feel for such abject cowardice.

Preposition: in

• face: E Execution: usually for cowardice in the face of the enemy.