steadfastness

English

Etymology

From Middle English stedfastnesse, stedefastnesse, from Old English stedefæstnes (“steadfastness”), equivalent to steadfast +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

steadfastness (countable and uncountable, plural steadfastnesses)

1. Loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty.
2. Steadfast resolution.
   • 1684, John Bunyan, A Holy Life, the Beauty of Christianity: Or, An Exhortation to Christians to be Holy, London: […] B. W. for Benj[amin] Alsop, […], →OCLC, page 3:

     [H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […]

Translations

loyalty in the face of trouble

• Azerbaijani: mətanət (az)
• Bulgarian: устойчивост (bg) (ustojčivost)
• Dutch: standvastigheid (nl) f
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• Finnish: lujuus (fi), peräänantamattomuus (fi), järkkymättömyys (fi)
• French: ténacité (fr) f
• Galician: firmeza (gl) f
• German: Standhaftigkeit (de) f, Standfestigkeit f, Unentwegtheit f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐπιμονή f (epimonḗ)

• Irish: diongbháilteacht f, seasmhacht f
• Italian: fedeltà (it) f, attaccamento (it) m, fermezza (it) f, risolutezza (it) f, saldezza (it) f
• Middle English: stedefastnesse
• Old English: stedefæstnes f
• Polish: niezłomność (pl), nieugiętość (pl)
• Romanian: statornicie (ro) f, neclintire (ro) f, fidelitate (ro)
• Russian: усто́йчивость (ru) (ustójčivostʹ)