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effrontery

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Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.

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The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery. Samuel Johnson

Only a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays. E. B. White

he despised them for their presumptuousness Source: Internet

Another remand would do little beside give the Board a free pass for its effrontery, while delaying the alien’s entitlement to a final decision. Source: Internet

Saturninus then denounces the Andronici family for their effrontery and shocks Titus by marrying Tamora. Source: Internet

On the other hand, the implication of Alexander and Olympias seems specious: to act as they did would have required brazen effrontery in the face of a military personally loyal to Philip. Source: Internet

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