cowardice

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Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit.

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A lifetime of cruel treatment, favoritism that poisons his own son, cowardice, and selfishness mark the man irreparable. Source: Internet

And all of us are susceptible to the cowardice that such self-sabotage generates. Source: Internet

As Ranjan permanently slept in his grave with pride and dignity, his killers are hiding behind the power of the government and living the life of cowardice. Source: Internet

Details such as rotting corpses, mangled limbs, filth, cowardice and suicide are all trademarks of his work at this time, and this philosophy of 'no truth unfitting' had a significant effect on the movement towards Modernist poetry. Source: Internet

As soon as he scored a minor success, by winning a skirmish with the Carthaginians, the Senate promoted Minucius to the same imperium (power of command) as Fabius, whom he accused of cowardice. Source: Internet

By active funding and support, by passive acceptance and echoing of their ideas, and by cowardice in the face of criticism by fellow travelers. Source: Internet

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