Steadfastness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Steadfastness \Stead"fast*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness;
     constancy. "The steadfastness of your faith." --Col. ii. 5.
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           To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness. --Chaucer.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  steadfastness
       n 1: loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty [syn: {staunchness}]
       2: steadfast resolution