

You can also call bravery courage or valor. Firefighters are often acknowledged for their bravery, but everyday people also act with bravery if they confront their fears. Even though you're scared when you jump out of the plane with your skydiving instructor, the fact that you're doing it at all takes real bravery. It also takes bravery to pet a friend's German shepherd, especially if you are afraid of dogs. The earliest meaning of bravery was closer to bravado: "daring, defiance, and boasting."

Definitions of bravery

n a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear

braveness, courage, courageousness
cowardice, cowardliness
the trait of lacking courage
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heart, mettle, nerve, spunk
the courage to carry on
dauntlessness, intrepidity
resolute courageousness
Dutch courage
courage resulting from intoxication
the trait of having a courageous spirit
the trait of feeling no fear
strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
coolness, nervelessness
fearless self-possession in the face of danger
boldness, daring, hardihood, hardiness
gutsiness, pluck, pluckiness
backbone, grit, gumption, guts, moxie, sand
fortitude and determination
the ability to recover readily from adversity or change
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a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character

n feeling no fear

fear, fearfulness, fright
freedom from anxiety or fear
a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
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the experiencing of affective and emotional states

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