Pusillanimousness vs. Pusillanimity

Pusillanimousnessnoun

pusillanimity

Pusillanimitynoun

The quality or state of being pusillanimous; the vice of being timid and cowardly, and thus not living up to one's full potential; pusillanimousness.

Pusillanimousnessnoun

contemptible fearfulness

Pusillanimitynoun

The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness.

‘The badge of pusillanimity and cowardice.’; ‘It is obvious to distinguished between an act of . . . pusillanimity and an act of great modesty or humility.’;

Pusillanimitynoun

contemptible fearfulness