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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Effrontery \Ef*front"er*y\, n.; pl {Effronteries}. [F. effronterie, fr effront['e] shameless, fr L. effrons, -ontis, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced, shameless; ex + frons the forehead. See {Front}.] Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance. Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. --Bancroft. Syn: Impudence; sauciness. See {Impudence}.
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