0 a willingness to do or say something that shocks or upsets other people:
[ + to infinitive ] She had the temerity to call me a liar.
Such temerity is usually met by some kind of counter-attack, and at the very least a great deal of biting back.
They became standard partisan antiimages of ineptitude, selfishness, instinctual behavior, and temerity.
The lawyer was fined for temerity and resigned from the case.
Yet we have the nerve and temerity to claim to be a compassionate and caring society.
I did it with a certain amount of temerity but it was a highly educative experience.
I do feel perhaps that his temerity in treading on some sacred preserves may have earned him the rebukes which we have heard so constantly.
If countries have the temerity, or are so delinquent or remiss, as to import food from outside, they will be fined—penalised.
With perseverance and temerity, she obtained a copy of the application from the bank.
