3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hardiness \Har"di*ness\ (-d[i^]*n[e^]s), n. 1. Capability of endurance. [1913 Webster] 2. Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever Of hardiness is mother. --Shak. [1913 Webster] They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of avowing the contempt of the king. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 3. Hardship; fatigue. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: hardiness n : the property of strong in constitution [syn: {robustness}, {lustiness}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 66 Moby Thesaurus words for "hardiness": assurance, audacity, brashness, bulldog courage, cohesiveness, decisiveness, durability, endurance, energy, force, fortitude, gameness, gaminess, grittiness, guts, gutsiness, haleness, hardihood, hardness, heartiness, infrangibility, intestinal fortitude, lastingness, leatherlikeness, longevity, lustihood, lustiness, mettlesomeness, might, mightiness, nerve, nerviness, obstinacy, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, pluckiness, potency, power, powerfulness, resistance, resoluteness, resolution, robustness, ropiness, ruggedness, spunkiness, stalwartness, stamina, staying power, sticking power, stiffness, stoutness, strength, strength of will, stringiness, stubbornness, sturdiness, tenaciousness, tenacity, toughness, unbreakability, unbreakableness, vigor, vigorousness, viscidity, vitality
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