"hardiness" in the noun sense
1. robustness, hardiness, lustiness
the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
2. boldness, daring, hardiness, hardihood
the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
"the proposal required great boldness"
"the plan required great hardiness of heart"
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