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audacity

noun

Reveal meaning and examples

Boldness, sometimes shown with disregard for expected limits.

The audacity of the design surprised even the experienced architects.

Dictionary practice example.

The audacity of opening a talent show with a poem composed from the audience's suggestions delighted a producer who usually insisted on a fixed script.

From When Boldness Becomes Self-Regard.

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