1) Cold feet 2) Cowardliness 3) Effeminacy 4) French word used in English 5) Lack of bravery 6) Lack of courage 7) Pusillanimity 8) Spirit 9) The trait of lacking courage 10) Timidity 11) Yellow quality 12) Yellow sleet Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/cowardice
Cowardice is a trait wherein fear and excess self-concern override doing or saying what is right, good and of help to others or oneself in a time of need—it is the opposite of courage. As a label, `cowardice` indicates a failure of character in the face of a challenge. Under many military codes of justice, cowardice in combat is a crime punish..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowardice
Cow'ard·ice (-ĭs) noun [ French couardise , from couard . See Coward .] Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit. « The cowardice of doing wrong. Milton. » « Moderation wa... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/177