What is "obdurateness"

Obdurate \Ob"du*rate\, a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to harden; ob (see Ob-)+ durare to harden, durus hard. See Dure.]

1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.

   The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.
   --Hooker.

   Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel, Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?
   --Shak.

2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. ``Obdurate consonants.''
   --Swift.

   Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets.

   There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
   --Cowper.

   Syn: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible; unsusceptible.

   Usage: Obdurate, Callous, Hardened. Callous denotes a deadening of the sensibilities; as, a callous conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an active resistance of the heart and will aganst the pleadings of compassion and humanity. [1913 Webster] -- Ob"du*rate*ly, adv. -- Ob"du*rate*ness, n.

n. The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.