Cravenness. World English Historical Dictionary

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rare. [f. as prec. + -NESS.] Abject or acknowledged cowardliness.

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1850.  W. Anderson, Regeneration (1861), 66. In the cravenness of your spirit adulate station and wealth and science, if you will.

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1882.  M. Betham-Edwards, in Fraser’s Mag., XXV. 373. Your cravenness is past all bearing.

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