cowardice
noun
[ ˈkaʊədɪs ]
• lack of bravery.
• "my cowardice got the better of me and I crept out of the room"
Similar:
faint-heartedness,
spiritlessness,
spinelessness,
timidity,
timorousness,
fearfulness,
pusillanimity,
weakness,
feebleness,
gutlessness,
wimpishness,
wimpiness,
sissiness,
wetness,
poltroonery,
recreancy,
cravenness,
• a group of mongrels or feral dogs.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French couardise, from couard (see coward).
