steadfastness
1.Steadfastness, as in purpose or affection; faithfulness.
2.Steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose; steadfastness.
3.The meaning of resolution and steadfastness of yi(毅) is the extended meaning from the original meaning as wild fury.
4.In his steadfastness to withstand the torment the Titan was supported by the knowledge that in the thirteenth generation there should arrive a hero,- sprung from Jove himself,- to release him.
5.The same green-brick houses with gigantic black roofs and the boulevard formed by Chinese parasol trees taller than the buildings, together with the peculiar temperaments of simplicity and steadfastness for that part of residents here, who are middle?aged or older, have tinged this superficially shabby residential area with a peculiar charm.
