mindmap root((勇气)) courage implies firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty: the ~ to support unpopular causes. mettle suggests an ingrained capacity for meeting strain or difficulty with fortitude and resilience: a challenge that will test your ~. spirit also suggests a quality of temperament enabling one to hold one's own or keep up one's morale when opposed or threatened: too many failures had broken the ~ of the man. resolution stresses firm determination to achieve one's ends: the strong ~ of the pioneer woman. tenacity adds to resolution implications of stubborn persistence and unwillingness to admit defeat: won the argument through sheer ~.