[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hardihood \har"dihood\ haumr"di^hoo^d, n. hardy +
   -hood.
   boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind;
   bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.
   1913 webster

         a bound of graceful hardihood.           --wordsworth.
   1913 webster

         it is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to
         iniquity.                                --buckminster.

   syn: intrepidity; courage; pluck; resolution; stoutness;
        audacity; effrontery; impudence.
        1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

hardihood
     n : the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve
         risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness"
         syn: boldness, daring ant: timidity
see also:
boldness daring timidity 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 moby thesaurus words for "hardihood":
   assurance, audacity, birr, boldness, brashness, brazenness,
   cockiness, disrespect, fortitude, go, grit, guts, hardiness,
   impertinence, impudence, intrepidity, moxie, nerve, pep, pluck,
   potency, sand, tuck, vigor

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