/aw das"i tee/ , n. , pl. audacities .
1. boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
2. effrontery or insolence; shameless boldness: His questioner's audacity shocked the lecturer.
3. Usually, audacities . audacious acts or statements.
[ 1400-50; late ME audacite audac-, s. of audax daring (adj.) + -ite -ITY ]
Syn. 1. nerve, spunk, grit, temerity, foolhardiness. 2. impudence, impertinence, brashness.
Ant. 1, 2. discretion, prudence.