steadfastness

stead·fast also sted·fast (st

, -f

st)

adj.

1. Fixed or unchanging; steady.

2. Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving. See Synonyms at faithful.

[Middle English stedefast, from Old English stedefæst : stede, place; see stead + fæst, fixed, fast; see past- in Indo-European roots.]

steadfastly adv.

steadfastness n.

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Noun	1.	steadfastness - loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty staunchness loyalty, trueness - the quality of being loyal
	2.	steadfastness - steadfast resolution firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolve, firmness, resolution - the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"

Translations

steadfastness [ˈstedfəstnɪs] N (= determination) → firmeza f, resolución f; (= loyalty) → constancia f; (= tenacity) [of resistance] → tenacidad f

steadfastness

n → Festigkeit f; (of look also) → Unverwandtheit f; (of person also) → Standhaftigkeit f, → Unerschütterlichkeit f; (of refusal also) → Standhaftigkeit f; (of belief also) → Unerschütterlichkeit f

steadfastness [ˈstɛdfəstnɪs] n (of spirit, character) → costanza, risolutezza; (of resolution) → fermezza

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backbone
Betrayal
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capriciousness
consistency
constancy
determination
doggedness
firmness
firmness of purpose
granite
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Granitoid
loyalty
nerve
perseverance
persistence
purpose
resoluteness

and I thank the millions of men and women whose steadfastness and sacrifice triumphed over depression, fascism and communism.

Bill Clinton's Inaugural Address by Clinton, Bill View in context

During all that time his cheerful steadfastness did not waver.

English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context

The father had long ago taken up his bundle and bidden himself away with it, when the women who had tended the bundle while it lay on the base of the fountain, sat there watching the running of the water and the rolling of the Fancy Ball--when the one woman who had stood conspicuous, knitting, still knitted on with the steadfastness of Fate.

A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context

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