n. The state of being hardy, especially (of a plant) of being resistant to cold or other environmental conditions.
n. hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance
n. hardship; fatigue
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Capability of endurance.
n. Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance.
n. Hardship; fatigue.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Capability of endurance; physical vigor.
n. Hardihood; audacity; effrontery.
n. Hardness.
n. Hardship; suffering.
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n. the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
n. the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
Word Usage
"On his own initiative, he launched himself on a course of self-improvement that bolstered the inner quality that positive psychologist Salvatore Maddi calls "hardiness.""