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Dictionary: Stead·fast·ness

n.

The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy. «The steadfastness of your faith.» Col. ii. 5.

To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness.
Chaucer.

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noun

    Faithfulness or devotion to a person, a cause, obligations, or duties: allegiance, constancy, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty. See continue/stop/pause, obligation.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty
  Synonym: staunchness

Meaning #2: steadfast resolution


 
 
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