CRAVENNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Meanspirited cowardice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("cravenness" is a kind of...):

cowardice; cowardliness (the trait of lacking courage)

Derivation:

craven (lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful)

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