emboldening

English

Verb

emboldening

  1. present participle and gerund of embolden

Noun

emboldening (plural emboldenings)

  1. A making bold.
    • 2010, Laurence Lampert, How Philosophy Became Socratic, page 119:
      They do not fear shameful fears, nor are they emboldened by shameful emboldenings.
    • 2025 April 9, Quinta Jurecic, “What, Exactly, Is the Supreme Court Thinking?”, in The Atlantic:
      Ruling in the immunity case, Chief Justice John Roberts seemed to serenely arrogate to the Court an immense power to determine whether the president might ever face criminal consequence without worrying whether the emboldening of a rampaging executive might at some point place the authority of the judiciary in danger.
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