resolute

What it means

1. Firm, unyielding, determined.

   He was resolute in his decision to stay.

   4 more examples

   She was resolute in her determination to resist his romantic advances.

   Edward is at hand, / Ready to fight; therefore be resolute.

   c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]

   If the Coward Bumble Bee / In his chimney corner stay, / I, must resoluter be!

   a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “I'm the little “Heart's Ease”!”, in Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson, editors, Further Poems of Emily Dickinson, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, published 1929, page 69

   Villa had plenty of opportunities to make the game safe after a shaky start and despite not reaching any great heights, they were resolute enough to take control of the game in the second half.

   2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport

2. obsoleteConvinced; satisfied; sure.

In a sentence

She was resolute in her determination to resist his romantic advances.

Where it comes from

From Latin resolutus (“released”), past participle of resolvō (“to release, to unbind”) (re- + solvō, whence solve). Compare typologically Russian реши́тельный (rešítelʹnyj) (< реши́ть (rešítʹ)).