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resoluteness|ˈrɛzəl(j)uːtnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The fact or character of being resolute; firm determination.
1593G. Harvey Pierce's Super. 38 Pollicy deemeth that vertue a vice,..that resolutenes, dissolutenes. 1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1605) F iv, Men who with incessant industry and resolutenes incredible..leave no exploite..vnattempted. 1675Brooks Gold. Key Wks. 1867 V. 169 A willingness and resoluteness to suffer for him when we are called to it. 1840Arnold Hist. Rome II. 375 The plain resoluteness of his character..caused him to be elected tribune of the commons. 1890Spectator 25 Jan., To make his resoluteness serve the purpose of extricating the great German from..a difficult and ambiguous crisis. |