fearlessness

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fear·less

(fîr′lĭs)

adj.

Without fear; brave. See Synonyms at brave.

fear′less·ly adv.

fear′less·ness n.

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Noun	1.	fearlessness - feeling no fear bravery feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" security - freedom from anxiety or fear; "the watch dog gave her a feeling of security" fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
	2.	fearlessness - the trait of feeling no fear braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness - a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear nervelessness, coolness - fearless self-possession in the face of danger boldness, hardihood, hardiness, daring - the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness"; "the plan required great hardiness of heart" gutsiness, pluck, pluckiness - the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury fearfulness - the trait of being afraid

fearlessness

noun

The quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely:

Informal: spunk, spunkiness.

Slang: gut (used in plural), gutsiness, moxie.

Translations

nebojácnost

neustrašivost

fearlessness

[ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs] N (= courage) → valor m, valentía f; (= daring) → audacia f; (= spirit of adventure) → intrepidez f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fearlessness

n → Furchtlosigkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fearlessness

[ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs] n → coraggio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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AN Editor who was always vaunting the purity, enterprise, and fearlessness of his paper was pained to observe that he got no subscribers.

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He tried a dozen times to express his gratitude to me, but his voice choked with emotion and he could not speak, and yet he had, as I was to later learn, a reputation for ferocity and fearlessness as a fighter that was remarkable even upon warlike Barsoom.

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"I consider one American," said he, "equal to three Canadians in point of sagacity, aptness at resources, self-dependence, and fearlessness of spirit.

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How much it really said if he had understood!--that she adhered with literal exactness to orders which he had given and forgotten; that despite her natural fearlessness she asserted no rights, admitted his judgement to be in every respect the true one, and bent her head dumbly thereto.

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Drunk with pride in his intelligence and in his fearlessness, Philip entered deliberately upon a new life.

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It did not occur to him that this fearlessness was founded upon experience and knowledge.

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She had a commission from her father in the City, and was dashing in as she had done many a time before, with all the fearlessness of youth, thinking only of her task and how it was to be performed.

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Two days afterward these same magistrates appeared before the cardinal and their spokesman addressed Mazarin with so much fearlessness and determination that the minister was astounded and sent the deputation away with the same answer as it had received from the Duke of Orleans -- that he would see what could be done; and in accordance with that intention a council of state was assembled and the superintendent of finance was summoned.