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What does temerity mean?

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Noun
  1. (not countable) Reckless boldness; foolish bravery.
  2. (countable) An act or case of reckless boldness.
  3. (not countable) Effrontery; impudence.
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And then she had the temerity to sit there in a press conference and argue between herself and yourself.
For his temerity he was sentenced to be nailed by his ears to the local pillory and responded by laying a curse on the courtroom and city.
He bitterly rebuked them for having the temerity to come crawling to him for a loan after publicly disdaining him.
But he didn't acknowledge me at all until I had the temerity to speak, and ask a question.
Now nearly two decades older, I am not yet entirely depleted of breezy temerity.
And this Minister has the audacity and temerity to try to say that that is listening to the people.

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