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Definition of Steadfastness
1. Noun. Loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty.
2. Noun. Steadfast resolution.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Steadfastness
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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