perseverance

3 definitions found

perseverance - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              Whose constant perseverance overcame
              Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. --Milton.
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     2. Discrimination. [Obs.] --Sir J. Harrington.
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     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.
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     Syn: Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness;
          pertinacity.
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perseverance - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  perseverance
      n 1: persistent determination [syn: doggedness,
           perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity,
           tenaciousness, pertinacity]
      2: 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]

perseverance - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  114 Moby Thesaurus words for "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,
     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