lionheartedness

See also: lion-heartedness

English

Etymology

From lionhearted +‎ -ness.

Noun

lionheartedness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being lionhearted; courage and magnanimity.
   • 2010, Louis De Bernières, Notwithstanding, →ISBN, page 82:

     In the village itself his lionheartedness had been a legend ever since he had brained a burglar with a number seven iron, and the jury in Guildford had, despite the clear direction of the judge, resolutely declined to convict him for the use of unnecessary force.