High-heartedness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Courage or nobility; heroism. uncountable

    "It was the high-heartedness of people which had won the war. It would be the high-heartedness of men and women which would bring sanity and serenity to a troubled world."

  2. 2
    Liveliness, passion, or vivacity. uncountable

    "In the four months following his review of The Homilies, we have a detailed record of Wesley's unremitting diligence, his intermittent anxieties and only occasional moments of joy and high-heartedness."

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"It was the high-heartedness of people which had won the war. It would be the high-heartedness of men and women which would bring sanity and serenity to a troubled world."

Etymology

From high-hearted + -ness.

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