noun The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
It takes a lot of courage to be successful in business.
noun The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.
He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt.
noun The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal; moral fortitude.
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