Hypertext Webster Gateway: "steadfastness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Steadfastness \Stead"fast*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness;
constancy. ``The steadfastness of your faith.'' --Col. ii. 5.
To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
steadfastness
n 1: loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty [syn: {staunchness}]
2: steadfast resolution
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