Dauntlessness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being dauntless; fearlessness. uncountable

    "Struck by his desperate dauntlessness, and his wild desire to visit Christendom, the captain at last relented, and told him he might make himself at home."

  2. 2
    resolute courageousness wordnet

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ballsconfidencecouragefortitudegallantrygrit

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"Struck by his desperate dauntlessness, and his wild desire to visit Christendom, the captain at last relented, and told him he might make himself at home."

Etymology

From dauntless + -ness.

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