Definition of "faint-heartedness" [faint-heartedness]

• Cowardice; want of courage. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Whether this was achieved by good luck or good management or faint-heartedness is moot and likely to remain so."
• "Some of the words seemed particularly resonant for me at that time: “Take and offer on the Cross our labours, weariness and low spirits and struggles and faint-heartedness . . .”"
• "Ironically, libertarian and liberal originalists have been among the most dismissive of Justice Scalia's faint-heartedness."