Courage

Noun

 * 1) The quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easily but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
 * "A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
 * 1) The ability to do things which one finds frightening.
 * "Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of it." -Mark Twain

Verb

 * 1)  To encourage.
 * 2) *1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIX:
 * ‘I woll corrayge othir men of worshyp to do as I woll do.’

Adjectives for Courage
splendid; noble; peerless; sublime; superb; ardent; joyous; proud;   frank; quiet; simple; patient; dogged; hot; fiery; fighting; wavering; oozing; rising; swelling; stony; unwonted; creative; philosophic; hereditary; moral; ratlike; steadfast; careless; impetuous; indomitable; shamed; unsurpassed; blended; brute; unflinching;matchless; rare; moral; desperate; pitiful; undiminished; reawakening; husbanded; conscious; exalted; tremendous; tried; reviving; immortal; reckless; abundant; intelligent; ancient; stubborn; personal; devoted; unshaken; passive; sublime; incredible;  admirable; habitual;  steady; romantic; undismayed; drooping; magnificent; foolhardy; hopeful; animal; exceptional; imperious; placid; dignified; conspicuous; stand-up; renewed; native; undaunted; obdurate; revolutionary; worn; sober; knightly; unfailing; adamantine; audacious; heroic; passive.

Verbs for Courage
acclaim—; applaud—; blend with—; boast—; bolster—; cultivate—; daunt—; equip with—; exhibit—; extol—; gain—; imbue with—; instill—; lose—; maintain—; manifest—; muster—;   plant— pluck up—; raise—; reflect—; renew— require—; reveal—; rouse—; screw up— shake—; shatter—; stiffen—; stimulate— stir up—; strain—; strengthen—; strut with—; summon—; take—; temper— whistle up—; —droops; —endures; —flags —mounts; —rises; —runs high.

Synonyms for Courage
bravery, valor, fearlessness, intrepidity, boldness, firmness, fortitude, spirit, daring, hardihood, heroism, gallantry, mettle, pluck, determination, dauntlessness.

Antonyms for Courage
cowardice, weakness, fear, timidity.

Derived terms

 * courageous
 * discourage
 * encourage

Related terms

 * cardiac

Thesaurus
arrogance, assurance, assuredness, audacity, backbone, balls, belief, boldness, bottle, bottom, bravery, certitude, cocksureness, confidence, confidentness, conviction, daring, dauntlessness, determination, doughtiness, faith, fearlessness, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, grit, guts, heart, heroism, hubris, intrepidity, mettle, mettlesomeness, moxie, nerve, overconfidence, oversureness, overweening, overweeningness, persistence, pith, pluck, pluckiness, poise, pomposity, positiveness, pride, resolution, sand, security, self-assurance, self-confidence, self-importance, self-reliance, settled belief, spirit, spunk, spunkiness, stamina, subjective certainty, sureness, surety, tenacity, toughness, true grit, trust, valor

Etymology
From corage: (French: courage), from  cor:. Distantly related to cardiac:, which is from Greek, but from the same Proto-Indo-European root.

Noun

 * Albanian: guxim
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: քաջություն (k'aǰut'yun), արիություն
 * Basque: kemen
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese: 勇气 (yǒngqì), 胆量 (dǎnliàng)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: mod, tapperhed
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: julgus
 * Filipino:, ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: გულადობა (guladoba), მამაცობა (mamatsoba), ვაჟკაცობა (važkatsoba)
 * German: ,
 * Greek: (kourágio),  (thárros)
 * Guaraní: py'aguasu
 * Hebrew: אומץ (ometz)
 * Hindi: हिम्मत
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: hugrekki, kjarkur
 * Interlingua: corage
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 勇気 (ゆうき, yūki), 度胸 (どきょう, dokyō)
 * Korean: 용기 (yonggi)


 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: wêrekî, bistehî , cesaret , curet , mêranî
 * Latin:, ,
 * Latvian: drosme
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Maltese: kuraġġ
 * Mongolian: эр зориг (êr zorig)
 * Persian: شهامت
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tapang, katapangan,
 * Telugu: ధైర్యము (dhairyamu)
 * Thai: (kwaam glâa)
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: hyfdra
 * West Frisian: moed
 * Yiddish: מוט (mut)
 * Welsh: hyfdra
 * West Frisian: moed
 * Yiddish: מוט (mut)


 * Armenian: խիզախություն
 * Bulgarian: мъжество, решителност
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Filipino: ,
 * German: Mut


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: پاڵه‌وانی
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: valor
 * Tagalog: katapangan,


 * : (shajāʕ)
 * : vaprust
 * : 용기 (yonggi)
 * : mot
 * : cridhe, misneachd , gaisgeachd , meanmna , smior , smioralas

Noun

 * 1) courage

Related terms

 * courageusement
 * courageux