"Cowardice" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being …

Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty.

Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really …

That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of …

Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity.

To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.

Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; …

That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.

Lat. Fear of danger. 1 Kent, Comm. 23

A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a …

Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling; apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to danger, fear, love, etc.; -- …

kahalangáw-an - (H) Fear, apprehension, uneasiness; dreadful, fearful, awful; things that are dangerous or that cause uneasiness of mind. (hangáwà).

katahápan - See katáhap. Also: Danger, things that cause fear or apprehension.

matahápon - Apprehensive, suspicious, fearful, afraid, in suspense, in danger or peril; risky, hazardous. (cf. táhap).

panginláman - To be apprehensive of danger, be wary and cautious, fear. Nagapanginláman siá nga——. He is full— of apprehension …

To flee, as from fear or danger.

In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely.

To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.