steadfastness
steadfastness noun: loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty.
Noun
steadfastness (countable and uncountable, plural steadfastnesses)
- Loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty.
- A steadfast resolution.
- [H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […]1684, John Bunyan, A Holy Life, the Beauty of Christianity: Or, An Exhortation to Christians to be Holy, London: […] B. W. for Benj[amin] Alsop, […], →OCLC, page 3
steadfastness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
steadfastness in Hindi
- loyalty in the face of trouble
- दृढ़ता dŕṛhtā
steadfastness in Tamil
- உறைப்பு, நடுவுநிலைமை, நிலையுறுதியுடைமை, நிச்சலம், திதி
steadfastness in Marathi
- steadfastness, patience, composure, or presence of mind in times of difficulty, danger, or adversity
- धीर dhīra
steadfastness in Urdu
- مضبوطی, نباہ, پختگی, ثبات
More languagesFewer languages
- steadfastness in Bengali
- সবর śobor
- steadfastness in Odia
- ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠା pratiṣṭhā
- steadfastness in Sanskrit
- स्थिर sthira, स्थैर्य sthairya
Forms of steadfastness
| plural | steadfastnesses |
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Origin of steadfastness
From Middle English stedfastnesse, stedefastnesse, from Old English stedefæstnes (“steadfastness”), equivalent to steadfast + -ness.
Questions about steadfastness
- What does steadfastness mean?
- Steadfastness means loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty.
- What is steadfastness in Hindi?
- Steadfastness in Hindi is दृढ़ता (dŕṛhtā). See Steadfastness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is steadfastness?
- Steadfastness is a noun.
- What is the plural of steadfastness?
- The plural of steadfastness is steadfastnesses.
Words near steadfastness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: steadfastness (page history and authors); steadfastness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); धीर (Marathi) (page history and authors); steadfastness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); সবর (Bengali) (page history and authors); ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠା (Odia) (page history and authors); स्थिर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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