Etymology
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From Middle English stedfastnesse, stedefastnesse, from Old English stedefæstnes (“steadfastness”), equivalent to steadfast + -ness.
steadfastness (countable and uncountable, plural steadfastnesses)
- Loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty.
- Steadfast resolution.
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:[H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […]
Translations
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loyalty in the face of trouble
- Azerbaijani: mətanət (az)
- Bulgarian: устойчивост (bg) (ustojčivost)
- Dutch: standvastigheid (nl) f
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- Finnish: lujuus (fi), peräänantamattomuus (fi), järkkymättömyys (fi)
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- Galician: firmeza f
- German: Standhaftigkeit (de) f, Standfestigkeit f, Unentwegtheit f
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἐπιμονή f (epimonḗ)
- Irish: diongbháilteacht f, seasmhacht f
- Italian: fedeltà (it) f, attaccamento (it) m, fermezza (it) f, risolutezza (it) f, saldezza (it) f
- Middle English: stedefastnesse
- Old English: stedefæstnes f
- Polish: niezłomność (pl), nieugiętość (pl)
- Romanian: statornicie (ro) f, neclintire (ro) f, fidelitate (ro)
- Russian: усто́йчивость (ru) (ustójčivostʹ)
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