About The Word Perseverance

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Perseverance

Perseverance Meaning & Definition
Perseverance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Perseverance?

[n] the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"
[n] persistent determination

Synonyms | Synonyms for Perseverance: doggedness | perseveration | persistence | persistence | persistency | pertinacity | tenaciousness | tenacity

Related Terms | Find terms related to Perseverance: 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 | longanimity | long-sufferance | long-suffering | 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

See Also | continuance | continuation | determination | purpose

Perseverance In Webster's Dictionary

\Per`se*ver"ance\, 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. Whose constant perseverance overcame Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. --Milton. 2. Discrimination. [Obs.] --Sir J. Harrington. 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}. Syn: Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity.

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