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bravery

noun
/ˈbɹeɪ.və.ɹi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French braverie, from braver (“to brave”), or Italian braveria, from bravare (“to brave”). By surface analysis, brave + -ery.

  1. derived from braveria
  2. borrowed from braverie

Definitions

  1. Being brave, courageousness.

    • Huntingdon's ferocity makes the reaction of staff all the more brave. To move towards danger when others are fleeing is the definition of bravery in my book. To place yourself in danger to protect others.

  2. A brave act.

  3. Splendor, magnificence.

    • Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day, And make me travel forth without my cloak, To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way, Hiding thy brav'ry in their rotten smoke?
    • In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon

The neighborhood

Derived

overbravery

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bravery. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01bravery02magnificence03magnificent04noble05honorable06worthy07admirable08heroic09heroism

A definitional loop anchored at bravery. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at bravery

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA