Hardihood /(här"dĭ*ho͝od)/

Har·di·hood

Hardihood

n.
  1. Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.
    A bound of graceful hardihood.
    It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to iniquity.
    — Buckminster.