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Noun: hardiness  haa(r)deenis
  1. The property of being strong and healthy in constitution
    - robustness, lustiness, validity
     
  2. The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
    "the plan required great hardiness of heart"
    - boldness, daring, hardihood

Derived forms: hardinesses

See also: bold, hardy

Type of: fearlessness, strength

Encyclopedia: Hardiness