cowardship

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noun

cowardice

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Meanings

nouncowardship (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablecowardice

    Sir Toby: and for his / cowardship, ask Fabian. Fabian: A coward, a most devout coward, religious in it!

    c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], line 379

Synonyms & antonyms

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cowardice

Origin

From coward + -ship.

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APA

cowardship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowardship

MLA

“cowardship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowardship. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cowardship,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowardship.

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