steadfastness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

steadfastness
    n 1: loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty [syn:
         {steadfastness}, {staunchness}]
    2: steadfast resolution

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Steadfastness \Stead"fast*ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness;
   constancy. "The steadfastness of your faith." --Col. ii. 5.
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         To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness. --Chaucer.
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