PERSEVERANCE

n. diligence; industriousness; stubbornness

Perseverance is a term for human endurance and autonomy which may refer to:Perseverance (album), an album by metalcore band HatebreedPerseverance (Percee P album), an album by rapper Percee PPerseverance (steam locomotive), a 19th century steam locomotivePerseverance (solitaire), a card gamePerseverance of the saints, a doctrine of some Christian churches975 Perseverantia, a minor planet in the Solar System
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Noun
1. persistent determination
(synonym) doggedness, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity
(hypernym) determination, purpose
2. the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"
(synonym) persistence, perseveration
(hypernym) continuance, continuation
(derivation) persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on

n. perseverance, singleness, obstinacy

(n.)
The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun.
  

(n.)
Discrimination.
  

(n.)
Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism.