Audacity (noun)
aw-das-it-ee
boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
1400–50 late Middle English audacite
Example sentences
“I was surprised she had the audacity to pull it off.”
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