English-French translations for audacity

• audace
  Ensuite, il faudrait amener une audace politique dans un Cotonou refondu. Secondly, we should show political audacity in a reworked Cotonou Agreement.
• culot
• impudence
• toupet
  Ce même député a eu le toupet de prendre la parole dans ce Parlement aujourd'hui pour parler de vérité et d'honnêteté. The same Member had the audacity to stand up in this House today and talk about truth and honesty.

Definition of audacity

• Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional
• Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions

Examples

• The brash private had the audacity to criticize the general.
• Somebody never pays his loans, yet he has the audacity to ask the bank for money.

Related words

• audacious
• audaciously
• be audacious
• have the audacity