courageous
adj.adj. having or showing the ability to do something even when you are afraid. It describes someone who faces danger or pain with strength.
adj. characterised by the ability to confront fear, pain, or danger with mental or moral strength.
The courageous firefighter ran into the burning building.
It was a courageous decision to quit her stable job and start her own business during the economic crisis.
History remembers those courageous individuals who stood against systemic injustice, often risking their personal safety to advocate for the fundamental rights of others.
From Middle English corajous, from Old French corageus, from corage + -eus.
Typically used as an attributive adjective before a noun or as a predicative adjective after a linking verb.