Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perseverance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perseverance \Per`se*ver"ance\, n. [F. pers['e]v['e]rance, L.
perseverantia.]
1. The act of persevering; persistence in anything
undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any
business, or enterprise begun. ``The king-becoming graces
. . . perseverance, mercy, lowliness.'' --Shak.
Whose constant perseverance overcame Whate'er his
cruel malice could invent. --Milton.
2. Discrimination. [Obs.] --Sir J. Harrington.
3. (Theol.) Continuance in a state of grace until it is
succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final
perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See
{Calvinism}.
Syn: Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness;
pertinacity.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
perseverance
n 1: persistent determination [syn: {doggedness}, {persistence},
{persistency}, {tenacity}, {tenaciousness}, {pertinacity}]
2: the act of persevering [syn: {persistence}, {perseveration}]
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