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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hardihood

/(här"dĭ*ho͝od)/ · Har·di·hood · IPA
01 n. Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.
  1. 1.
    Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.
    “A bound of graceful hardihood.” Wordsworth.
    “It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to iniquity.” — Buckminster.