firmness of purpose

1. 1.

   the trait of being resolute

   “his resoluteness carried him through the battle”

   “it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work”

   Synonymsresolutenessfirmnessresolveresolution

   Broadertrait

   Narrowerself-controlsteadinesssturdinessstiffnessstubbornnesssingle-mindednessadamancedecisivenessdeterminationsteadfastness

Questions about firmness of purpose

What does firmness of purpose mean?

firmness of purpose means "the trait of being resolute".

What is another word for firmness of purpose?

Close synonyms include resoluteness, firmness, resolve, resolution. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is firmness of purpose a common word?

firmness of purpose is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.