Definition of Steadfastness

1. Noun. Loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty.

Exact synonyms: Staunchness
Generic synonyms: Loyalty, Trueness
Derivative terms: Staunch, Steadfast

2. Noun. Steadfast resolution.
Generic synonyms: Firmness, Firmness Of Purpose, Resoluteness, Resolution, Resolve
Derivative terms: Steadfast

Definition of Steadfastness

1. n. The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy.

Definition of Steadfastness

1. Noun. Loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty. ¹

2. Noun. Steadfast resolution. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Steadfastness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steadfastness

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stayres
stays
staysail
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stderr
stdin
stdout
steacyite
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steaded
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steadfastly
steadfastness (current term)
steadfastnesses
steadied
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steadiers
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steadiest
steadily
steadiness
steadinesses
steading
steadings
steads
steady
steady-going

Literary usage of Steadfastness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Occident, with Preludes on Current Events by Joseph Cook (1884)
"EVTL steadfastness of character is as much a fact as holy steadfastness. Under irreversible natural law, character, without loss of freedom, ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1886)
"steadfastness recommended ' (1769) ; ' The fearful Shame and Contempt of those professed Christians who neglect to raise up spiritual Children in Christ' ..."

3. The Life of Richard Cobden by John Morley (1881)
"Mortifying as it was, it never shook their steadfastness for a moment. War could never be for them a mere commonplace incident of policy. ..."

4. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"In the meantime, my poor endeavours shall not be wanting, and though my steadfastness to your interests these ten years has almost ruined me, ..."

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