Pusillanimity

/pjuːsɪləˈnɪmɪti/

Synonyms for "pusillanimity" (12 found)

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behavioral traitcharacter flawcharacter traitfearfulnessmoral qualitymoral traitpersonality traitpsychological disposition

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cowardiceethical timidityfearfulnesshesitancy to actindecisionmoral cowardicerisk aversiontimidity

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academic pusillanimityinstitutional pusillanimityintellectual pusillanimitylegal pusillanimitymoral pusillanimitypolitical pusillanimity

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The idea of his concealment, not only agrees very ill with his reputed divinity, but associates with it something of pusillanimity.

Source: tatoeba (1530031)

The ſecond property of your excellent ſherris, is the vvarming of the blood, vvhich before (cold & ſetled) left the lyuer vvhite & pale, vvhich is the badge of puſilanimitie and covvardize: but the ſherris vvarmes it, and makes it courſe from the invvards to the partes extreames, […]

Source: wiktionary

[…] Puſillanimity; by vvhich that ſeems great to him, vvhich other men think a trifle: and vvhatſoever is nevv, or great, and therefore thought fit to be told, vvithdravves a man by degrees from the intended vvay of his diſcourſe.

Source: wiktionary

1685. Dr. Michael de Molinos: The Spiritual Guide which Disentangles the Soul, and Brings it by the Inward Way To The Getting of Perfect Contemplation and the Rich Treasure of Internal Peace, CHAP. XVIII: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/molinos/guide.html. 132. And although thou often fallest, and seest thy Pusillanimity, and endeavour to get courage, and afflict not thy self; because what God doth not do in forty Years, he sometimes doth in an instant, with a particular Mystery, that we may live low and humble, and know that ‘tis the Work of his powerful Hand, to free us from Sins.

Source: wiktionary

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