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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Bravery \Brav"er*y\, n. [Cf. F. braverie.]
     1. The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.
  
              Remember, sir, my liege, . . . The natural bravery
              of your isle.                         --Shak.
  
     2. The act of braving; defiance; bravado. [Obs.]
  
              Reform, then, without bravery or scandal of former
              times and persons.                    --Bacon.
  
     3. Splendor; magnificence; showy appearance; ostentation;
        fine dress.
  
              With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery.
                                                    --Shak.
  
              Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on,
              and tackle trim.                      --Milton.
  
     4. A showy person; a fine gentleman; a beau. [Obs.]
  
              A man that is the bravery of his age. --Beau. & Fl.
  
     Syn: Courage; heroism; interpidity; gallantry; valor;
          fearlessness; dauntlessness; hardihood; manfulness. See
          {Courage}, and {Heroism}.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bravery
       n 1: a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger of pain
            without showing fear [syn: {courage}, {courageousness}]
            [ant: {cowardice}]
       2: feeling no fear [syn: {fearlessness}] [ant: {fear}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Bravery
     (Isa. 3:18), an old English word meaning comeliness or beauty.
     

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