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audacity
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audacity
(noun)
audacity
/ɑ
ˈ
dæsəti/
noun
audacity
/ɑ
ˈ
dæsəti/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of AUDACITY
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noncount
]
:
a confident and daring quality that is often seen as shocking or rude
:
an audacious quality
I could not believe their
audacity
.
He
had the audacity
to suggest that it was all my fault.
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