audacity
I
noun
audacia, audaciousness, bold front, boldness, bravado, brave face, bravura, confidence in one's powers, daring, defiance of danger, derring-do, hardihood, intrepidity, nerve, overboldness, overdaring, protervitas, rashness, recklessness, scorn of the consequences, temerity, undauntedness, want of caution
II
index
contempt (disobedience to the court), disrespect, temerity
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006