hardiness Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
robustness; validity; lustiness.
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noun the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
boldness; daring; hardihood.
- the proposal required great boldness
- the plan required great hardiness of heart
WordNet
Har"di*ness noun
Definitions
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Capability of endurance. -
Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance. Spenser.Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever Of hardiness is mother. Shak.
They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of avowing the contempt of the king. Clarendon.
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Hardship; fatigue. Obs. Spenser.