Holdfastness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The ability to serve as a secure basis for attachment. uncountable

    "[…] a healthy copartnership of American enterprise and enthusiasm, and English solidity and holdfastness."

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"[…] a healthy copartnership of American enterprise and enthusiasm, and English solidity and holdfastness."

Etymology

From holdfast + -ness.

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