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What does pusillanimous mean?

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Adjective
  1. Showing ignoble cowardice, or contemptible timidity [from 16th c.]
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They are supposed to abhor pusillanimous or sycophantic behavior.
The other Congress chief minister cannot be described as pusillanimous by any stretch of imagination.
He was just too pusillanimous to face me after I'd discovered that he had deceived me.
And yes, incidentally, I do know that it's ignoble and cowardly and pusillanimous, but I'll swap you for a decent night's sleep.
For the British, however, it has all turned to dust, surrendered by the pusillanimous politicians.
Perhaps by reviewing a few highlights from my former life I might be able to explain how I adopted this pusillanimous attitude.

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