temerity
tuh me ruh tee
- n fearless daring
- No wonder Benedict, in his former role as guardian of church orthodoxy, silenced so many theologians who had the temerity to reflect.
- Dissident groups in neighboring Thailand are peopled with former army officers who had the temerity to suggest alternative ways to run the country.
- What I have seen from him, ad nauseum, are intemperate attacks in which he questions the character of - no, it's worse than that: he slimes--anyone who has the temerity to disagree.