From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hardihood \Har"di*hood\ (h[aum]r"d[i^]*h[oo^]d), noun [Hardy + -hood.] Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.
A bound of graceful hardihood. --Wordsworth.
It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to iniquity. --Buckminster.
Syn: Intrepidity; courage; pluck; resolution; stoutness; audacity; effrontery; impudence.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness" [syn: {boldness}, {daring}] [ant: {timidity}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "hardihood": assurance, audacity, birr, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cockiness, disrespect, fortitude, go, grit, guts, hardiness, impertinence, impudence, intrepidity, moxie, nerve, pep, pluck, potency, sand, tuck, vigor
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