What it Means to Be Brave

The word bravery can often be interchanges with the words of courage, or daring, but what defines courage? The Merriam-Webster Online dictionary states: "mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty". Another words, bravery means the defense of many things at own personal loss, or risk. The defense of one's or others' country, the defense of beliefs/or principles, and the defense of the weak. When the word courage is …

…the weak, and I am put in harms way, of being bullied myself, or being disliked by the entire grade, but I have defended the weak, and I would be extremely brave. The ones that saw the bullying and did not intervene would be cowards themselves. Defense of others, at own personal lost defines valor. There are three main kinds, they are, the defense of countries, the defense of beliefs, and the defense the weak.