adamance

ad·a·mant

(ăd′ə-mənt, -mănt′)

adj.

Not willing to change one's opinion, purpose, or principles; unyielding.

1. A stone once believed to be impenetrable in its hardness.

2. An extremely hard substance.

[From Middle English, a hard precious stone, from Old French adamaunt, from Latin adamās, adamant-, from Greek, unconquerable, hard steel, diamond; see demə- in Indo-European roots.]

ad′a·mance, ad′a·man·cy n.

ad′a·mant·ly adv.

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adamance

(ˈædəməns) or

adamancy

a state of resoluteness

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adamance - resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible

obduracy, unyieldingness

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"

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