as in fearfulness
a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger
it was sheer cravenness to avoid the consequences of your actions
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Noun
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When someone has lower income, more demands on that income, and less room for error, taking less financial risk is not cowardice.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026 -
Victor Marx won’t debate the two other Republicans on the primary ballot for Colorado governor Tuesday night, with the nonprofit leader claiming bias — and his opponents claiming cowardice.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
26 May 2026
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Given the President’s long-standing support for corporate tax cuts and deregulation of industry, this pusillanimity is perhaps not so surprising.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Our logrolling, our stumps and their politics, our fisheries, our Negroes and Indians, our boasts and our repudiations, the wrath of rogues and the pusillanimity of honest men, the northern trade, the southern planting, the western clearing, Oregon, and Texas, are yet unsung.—
Mark Edmundson,
Harper’s Magazine ,
12 Dec. 2022
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“Cravenness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cravenness. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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