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Cowardice is a vice that is conventionally viewed as the corruption of prudence, to thwart all courage or bravery. Cowardice may be considered to be prudence that does not take consequences to their furthest extent. Basically it is the trait of lacking courage.
a person who shows fear or timidity is a coward.
Lack of courage in facing something that calls for ones honest testimony. A coward would be someone who has no guts.
Generally "cowardice" refers to exhibiting cowardly traits, and "coward" refers to someone who is afraid to face risks.
Very often one who yells the loudest talks the loudest is a coward,( ie. a bully) .Example in the dark or at night when there is little or no lighting see who talks loudest,the one who is insecure and in fear. Fearless people hardly ever speak .
Cowardice is a vice that is conventionally viewed as the corruption of prudence, to thwart all courage or bravery. Cowardice may be considered to be prudence that does not take consequences to their furthest extent.
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word "coward" comes from an Old French word coart, a combination of the word for "tail" and an agent noun suffix. It would therefore have meant "one with a tail" — perhaps one in the habit of turning it, or it may be derived from a dog's habit of putting its tail between its legs when it is afraid. Another more clearly related word, in old French, that can be related to coward is "couard" which literally means coward and was frequently used by French knights in battle. It is therefore possible that the English language was enriched in such manner through military contacts with the French, or with the French-influenced Normans that invaded England in 1066.
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