boldness
noun
- opposite of fear
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈboʊldnəs/ / /ˈbəʊldnəs/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold + -ness. Cognate with Scots baldness, bauldness (“boldness”).
- The state of being bold; courage.
“Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward) […]”
- presumptuousness
- The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.