[ɔːˈdasɪti], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a willingness to take bold risks
(e.g: he whistled at the sheer audacity of the plan)

- rude or disrespectful behaviour; impudence
(e.g: she had the audacity to suggest I'd been carrying on with him)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin audacitas, from audax, audac- ‘bold’ (see audacious)