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# boldness

noun (no plural)

«boldness» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Boldness is being brave and not afraid to act. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boldness/#m1)
2. Boldness can also mean being too forward or rude, asking for more than is fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boldness/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, boldness is daring to speak to a lord or princess; the speaker asks pardon for it

### Examples

- I admired the boldness of the young knight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boldness/#x1)
- Please pardon my boldness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boldness/#x2)
- Her boldness surprised the teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boldness/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In Ecclesiastes it means the hard, stern look on a face, which wisdom softens.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis read it as saying that wisdom makes a person gentle and kind, and shows in the face.

### Examples

- A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed. (Writings ECC.8.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boldness/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «boldness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boldness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«boldness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/boldness.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «boldness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boldness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«boldness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/boldness.html) on Mova free.