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lack of willingness to assert oneself and take risks
- his faintheartedness got the better of him, and he backed off from the ski trail intended for experts
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“Faintheartedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faintheartedness. Accessed 4 Dec. 2021.
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