audacity
/ɔːˈdæsɪti/ · au·da·ci·ty
noun
- Insolent or presumptuous boldness, especially when it is imprudent or unconventional. He had the audacity to criticize the professor’s lecture after arriving late.
- Fearlessness or daring, especially with a confident disregard for personal safety or conventional limits. The climber’s audacity allowed her to summit the peak despite the storm.
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Did you know? The word “audacity” was famously used by Winston Churchill in a 1940 speech, urging the British people to have the audacity to “fight on” despite overwhelming odds.