bravery

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

bravery
braveryA policeman who chased a burglar despite a serious leg injury has received an award for bravery.
courageYou have shown great courage in coming to testify.
pluckYou have to admire his pluck.
gutsI didn't have the guts to go on my own.
valourUKThe Victoria Cross is Britain's highest military award for valour.
heroismI witnessed an example of heroism that made me proud to be British.
 have the courage of your convictions
to be brave and confident enough to do what you believe in: 有勇气按照自己的信念去做，有勇气做自己认为正确的事情
Although many of his policies were unpopular, he had the courage of his convictions to see them through.尽管他的许多政策不受欢迎，但他仍然有勇气按照自己的信念去贯彻。
Sergeant Havers was mentioned in dispatches for his courage.中士哈弗斯的英勇行为受到了通报表扬。
Harry's courage during his illness was evident to everyone.患病期间哈里表现出的勇气大家有目共睹。
When I looked down and saw how far I had to jump, my courage failed me .
After years of abuse from her husband, she eventually found the courage to leave him.在遭受丈夫多年的虐待之后，她终于鼓起勇气离开了他。
I spent a week gathering the courage to say no.我憋了一星期，终于鼓足勇气说不。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Bravery
audaciousness
audacity
backbone
balls
bell
bell the catidiom
daring
derring-do
Dutch courage
fearlessness
fighting spirit
grit
gut
heart
intestinal fortitude
liquid courage
nerve
pluck
swash
valiance

courage | American Dictionary

courage
noun[ U ]
us/ˈkɜr·ɪdʒ, ˈkʌr·ɪdʒ/
the ability to control fear and to be willing to deal with something that is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant:
He lacked the courage to tax the American people to pay for his Great Society programs.
It took me several months to get up the courage to ask her to lunch.

courageous

adjectiveus/kəˈreɪ·dʒəs/
She showed herself to be a courageous journalist.

Examples of courage

courage
She may have the courage to give voice to this experience and through voice assert agency, effecting a change in the behaviour of others.
I may allow and even encourage her to take some risks so that she can learn courage.
They gave me lessons in love and courage.
In shor t, this is in many ways an unconventional book, and a book of great courage and insight.
Political discourse on truth and courage is highly moral, and this is often expressed in kinship idioms.
At one level, there is considerable admiration for the courage women displayed and often a great deal of gratitude.
Instinctively, they draw close to those whose goodwill, sympathy and courage they know.
Dignified defiance is mostly fueled by dignity as a virtue, a strong sense of self-worth, courage, wisdom, temperance, and justice.
Rare cases of longer jail ter ms, or loss of employment, confir m the relatively low costs of such civil courage.
Although cowardice is undignified, those who display neither cowardice nor courage could be dignified.
Men and women with heroic dispositions will risk their lives and welfare for others, without knowing the outcome; otherwise they would not need courage.
However, would the personal courage of individual physicians be sufficient to assure that availability of medical care would not be compromised?
Courage is an old-fashioned word in an indifferent world.
We need courage to recognize these as far more useful for life in the role of testaments and 'witnesses'.
The problem is not my courage to say this or say that ; it never has been.
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Collocations withcourage

courage

These are words often used in combination with courage.

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act of courage
His very act of going to the hospice was an actofcourage because he thought that there his family could more completely deal with his loss and their bereavement.
amount of courage
For these procedures a certain amountofcourage and a lot of craftsmanship is required.
considerable courage
She also lent her presence at meetings at a time when that required considerable courage.
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