Perseverance

//ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəɹəns// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure. uncountable, usually

    "It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush."

  2. 2
    the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior wordnet
  3. 3
    persistent determination wordnet

Synonyms

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doggednesspersistenceacceptanceapplicationassiduitybalkiness

Example

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"Wherever you may go, you can't succeed without perseverance."

Etymology

From Middle English perseveraunce, from Old French perseverance, from Latin persevērantia.

Related phrases

Mount Perseverancebelief perseverancefinal perseveranceperseverance of the saints

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