Definition of "heroism" []

• Heroic conduct or behavior. (noun)
• Heroic characteristics or qualities; courage. (noun)

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• ""'Few nobler heroisms,' says a well-known writer, long occupied on this subject, 'at bottom, perhaps, _no nobler heroism_, ever transacted itself on this earth; and it lies as good as lost to us, overwhelmed under such an avalanche of human stupidities as no heroism before ever did."
• "But he did want to bring them into the White House so that he could personally thank them for what he calls heroism during that 11-day standoff with China."
• "Labanino, 46, is one of the Cuban Five, who have become a cause celebre in their homeland, daily lauded by the Cuban government for what it calls their heroism in purportedly helping derail attacks against the communist isle."