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Cowardice, the Glossary

Cowardice is a trait wherein excessive fear prevents an individual from taking a risk or facing danger.^[1]

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Agent (grammar)

In linguistics, a grammatical agent is the thematic relation of the cause or initiator to an event.

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American Heritage (magazine)

American Heritage is a magazine dedicated to covering the history of the United States for a mainstream readership.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Canadian Military Journal

The Canadian Military Journal is the official quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of the Canadian Forces and the Department of National Defence.

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Capital punishment

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.

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Combat

Combat (French for fight) is a purposeful violent conflict between multiple combatants with the intent to harm the opposition.

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Corporal punishment

A corporal punishment or a physical punishment is a punishment which is intended to cause physical pain to a person.

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Courage

Courage (also called bravery, valour (British and Commonwealth English), or valor (American English)) is the choice and willingness to confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation.

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David Allen Grossman (born August 23, 1956) is an American author and trainer who conducts seminars on the psychology of lethal force.

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Death

Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.

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Desertion

Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning. Cowardice and Desertion are military law.

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Dictionary.com

Dictionary.com is an online dictionary whose domain was first registered on May 14, 1995.

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Dog

The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Execution by firing squad

Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading (from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war.

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Fear

Fear is an intensely unpleasant primal emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat.

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Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) is a British-based mass media company owning various media operations including The Guardian and The Observer.

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Infobase

Infobase is an American publisher of databases, reference book titles and textbooks geared towards the North American library, secondary school, and university-level curriculum markets.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Military justice

Military justice (or military law) is the body of laws and procedures governing members of the armed forces. Cowardice and military justice are military law.

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Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".

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Norman Conquest

The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.

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Noun

In grammar, a noun is a word that represents a concrete or abstract thing, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, and ideas.

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Old French

Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; ancien français) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th and the mid-14th century.

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On Killing

On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society is a book by Dave Grossman exploring the psychology of the act of killing and the military law enforcement establishments attempt to understand and deal with the consequences of killing.

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Online Etymology Dictionary

The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowardice

Also known as Chicken (coward), Coward, Cowardices, Cowardliness, Cowardly, Cowards, Nerveless, Nervelessly, Nervelessness, Wuss, Yellow streak.

Cowardice, the Glossary

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Courage

Military law

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