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Craven
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CRAVEN. A word of obloquy, which in trials by battle, was pronounced by the vanquished; upon which judgment was rendered against him.



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The council's reversal of the settlement shows not integrity, but a deep cravenness.
Pundits spilled gallons of ink lambasting the cravenness, cowardice and greed of our supposed partners in abandoning us in our hour of need.
He doesn't sufficiently enjoy the merry spectacle of cravenness and greed; he's more judgmental than Altman, and more didactic.
 
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