Backbone and Pusillanimity

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Backbone noun - The strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship.

Usage example: it takes backbone to stand up to the kind of suffering that some cancer patients must endure

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Pusillanimity is an antonym for backbone.

Nearby Word: backboned

Pusillanimity noun - A shameful lack of courage in the face of danger.

Usage example: the pusillanimity shown by the press on this issue after the administration began applying pressure

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Backbone is an antonym for pusillanimity.

Nearby Word: pusillanimous

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Pusillanimity and Backbone. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/backbone/pusillanimity

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