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boldness
 
Noun boldness has 3 senses
  1. boldness, daring, hardihood - the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness"
    --1 is a kind of fearlessness
    Antonyms: timidity, timorousness
    --1 has particulars:
     adventurousness, venturesomeness; daredevilry, daredeviltry; audacity, audaciousness, temerity; shamelessness, brazenness
  2. boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek - impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
    --2 is a kind of aggressiveness
    --2 has particulars: audacity, audaciousness
  3. boldness, strikingness - the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly
    --3 is a kind of conspicuousness
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