bravery : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bravery	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bravery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bravery n a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear Synonym(s): courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness Antonym(s): cowardice, cowardliness feeling no fear Synonym(s): fearlessness, bravery Antonym(s): fear, fearfulness, fright
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bravery \Brav"ery\, n. [Cf. F. braverie.] 1. The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity. Remember, sir, my liege, . . . The natural bravery* of your isle. --Shak. 2. The act of braving; defiance; bravado. [Obs.] Reform, then, without bravery or scandal of former times and persons. --Bacon. 3. Splendor; magnificence; showy appearance; ostentation; fine dress. With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery. --Shak. Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim. --Milton. 4. A showy person; a fine gentleman; a beau. [Obs.] A man that is the bravery of his age. --Beau. & Fl. Syn: Courage; heroism; interpidity; gallantry; valor; fearlessness; dauntlessness; hardihood; manfulness. See {Courage}, and {Heroism}.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bravery (Isa. 3:18), an old English word meaning comeliness or beauty.