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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

bravery
    n 1: a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain
         without showing fear [syn: courage, courageousness,
         bravery, braveness] [ant: cowardice, cowardliness]
    2: feeling no fear [syn: fearlessness, bravery] [ant:
       fear, fearfulness, fright]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bravery \Brav"er*y\, n. [Cf. F. braverie.]
   1. The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.
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            Remember, sir, my liege, . . .
            The natural bravery of your isle.     --Shak.
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   2. The act of braving; defiance; bravado. [Obs.]
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            Reform, then, without bravery or scandal of former
            times and persons.                    --Bacon.
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   3. Splendor; magnificence; showy appearance; ostentation;
      fine dress.
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            With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery.
                                                  --Shak.
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            Like a stately ship . . .
            With all her bravery on, and tackle trim. --Milton.
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   4. A showy person; a fine gentleman; a beau. [Obs.]
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            A man that is the bravery of his age. --Beau. & Fl.
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   Syn: Courage; heroism; interpidity; gallantry; valor;
        fearlessness; dauntlessness; hardihood; manfulness. See
        Courage, and Heroism.
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3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Bravery
   (Isa. 3:18), an old English word meaning comeliness or beauty.

Thesaurus Results for bravery:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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