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Persistent determination
Answer for the clue "Persistent determination ", 13 letters:
tenaciousness
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n. The characteristic of being tenacious.
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Tenacious \Te*na"cious\, a. [L. tenax, -acis, from tenere to hold. See Tenable , and cf. Tenace .] Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights. Apt to retain; retentive; as, a ...
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n. persistent determination [syn: doggedness , perseverance , persistence , persistency , tenacity , pertinacity ]
Usage examples of tenaciousness.
She possessed a tenaciousness he admired and a strength that was gentle yet oddly powerful.
I can allow in clergymen, through all their divisions, some tenaciousness of their own opinion, some overflowings of zeal for its propagation, some predilection to their own state and office, some attachment to the interests of their own corps, some preference to those who listen with docility to their doctrines, beyond those who scorn and deride them.