Definition of "faintheartedness" [faintheartedness]

• The quality or state of being fainthearted. (noun)

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• "O Lord and Master of my life, give me not the spirit of sloth, faintheartedness, lust for power, or idle talk. prostration"
• "Blind Girl never knew that ugly shapes of delf and earthenware were on the board; that sorrow and faintheartedness were in the house; that"
• "The allies met in Lacedaemon, and arguments were adduced on the part of the allies to show that faintheartedness would very soon lead to their being absolutely worn out by the war."