Audacity Definition

ô-dăsĭ-tē
audacities
noun
audacities
Fearless daring; intrepidity.
American Heritage
Bold courage; daring.
Webster's New World
Bold or insolent heedlessness of restraints, as of those imposed by prudence, propriety, or convention.
American Heritage
Shameless or brazen boldness; insolence.
Webster's New World
An act or instance of intrepidity or insolent heedlessness.
Warned the students that any audacities committed during the graduation ceremony would be punished.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Audacity

Noun

Singular:
audacity
Plural:
audacities

Origin of Audacity

  • From Medieval Latin audacitas, from Latin audax (“bold”), from audeō (“I am bold, I dare”).

    From Wiktionary

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