'Perseverance' definitions:
Definition of 'perseverance'
(from WordNet)
noun
Persistent determination [syn: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity]
noun
The act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate" [syn: perseverance, persistence, perseveration]
Definition of 'Perseverance'
From: GCIDE
- Perseverance \Per`se*ver"ance\ (p[~e]r`s[-e]*v[=e]r"ans), n. [F. pers['e]v['e]rance, L. perseverantia.]
- 1. The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun. "The king-becoming graces . . . perseverance, mercy, lowliness." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Whose constant perseverance overcame Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Discrimination. [Obs.] --Sir J. Harrington. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Theol.) Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called {final perseverance}, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'perseverance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptance,
- assiduity,
- balkiness,
- bigotry,
- bullheadedness,
- commitment,
- continualness,
- continuance,
- continuation,
- continuity,
- decidedness,
- decision,
- decisiveness,
- dedication,
- definiteness,
- determinateness,
- determination,
- determinedness,
- devotion,
- diligence,
- doggedness,
- dogmatism,
- earnestness,
- endurance,
- extension,
- fanaticism,
- firmness,
- fixed mind,
- forbearance,
- forbearing,
- forbearingness,
- fortitude,
- grit,
- guts,
- hardheadedness,
- headstrongness,
- indefatigability,
- indulgence,
- inflexibility,
- inflexible will,
- intolerance,
- lengthening,
- lenience,
- leniency,
- long-sufferance,
- long-suffering,
- longanimity,
- maintenance,
- mulishness,
- obduracy,
- obdurateness,
- obstinacy,
- obstinateness,
- opinionatedness,
- overzealousness,
- patience,
- patience of Job,
- patientness,
- perpetuation,
- persistence,
- pertinacity,
- pigheadedness,
- pluck,
- progress,
- progression,
- prolongation,
- protraction,
- purpose,
- purposefulness,
- pursuance,
- relentlessness,
- repetition,
- resoluteness,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- resolvedness,
- restiveness,
- run,
- sedulousness,
- self-control,
- self-will,
- seriousness,
- sincerity,
- single-mindedness,
- stamina,
- staying power,
- steadfastness,
- stiff neck,
- stiff-neckedness,
- stoicism,
- straight course,
- strongheadness,
- stubbornness,
- sufferance,
- sulkiness,
- sullenness,
- sustained action,
- sustenance,
- sweet reasonableness,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- tirelessness,
- tolerance,
- toleration,
- total commitment,
- uncooperativeness,
- uninterrupted course,
- unregenerateness,
- unremittingness,
- waiting game,
- waiting it out,
- way,
- will,
- willfulness