Effrontery: alternatives and connections

The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.

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Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.

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To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.

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To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.

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Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous comman…

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Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous comman…

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The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

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The quality or state of being presumptuous.

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