Meaning

• The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.

  "It takes a lot of courage to be successful in business."

• The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.

  "He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt."

• The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal.

Meaning

• To encourage.