Meanings
plural steadfastnesses
- countableuncountableLoyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty.
- countableuncountableA steadfast resolution.
[H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […]
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishstedefæstnes“steadfastness”
- Middle Englishstedfastnesse
- Englishsteadfastness
From Middle English stedfastnesse, stedefastnesse, from Old English stedefæstnes (“steadfastness”), equivalent to steadfast + -ness.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐπιμονή
- ἐπιμονή (epimonḗ)loyalty in the face of trouble
Bulgarian устойчивост
- устойчивост (ustojčivost)loyalty in the face of trouble
Dutch standvastigheid
- standvastigheidloyalty in the face of trouble
Finnish lujuus, peräänantamattomuus
- lujuusloyalty in the face of trouble
- peräänantamattomuusloyalty in the face of trouble
- järkkymättömyysloyalty in the face of trouble
French ténacité
- ténacitéloyalty in the face of trouble
German Standhaftigkeit, Standfestigkeit
- Standhaftigkeitloyalty in the face of trouble
- Standfestigkeitloyalty in the face of trouble
- Unentwegtheitloyalty in the face of trouble
Hebrew עֲמִידָה
- עֲמִידָה (amidá)loyalty in the face of trouble
Hindi दृढ़ता
- दृढ़ता (dŕṛhtā)loyalty in the face of trouble
Irish diongbháilteacht, seasmhacht
- diongbháilteachtloyalty in the face of trouble
- seasmhachtloyalty in the face of trouble
Italian fedeltà, attaccamento
- fedeltàloyalty in the face of trouble
- attaccamentoloyalty in the face of trouble
- fermezzaloyalty in the face of trouble
- risolutezzaloyalty in the face of trouble
- saldezzaloyalty in the face of trouble
Polish niezłomność, nieugiętość
- niezłomnośćloyalty in the face of trouble
- nieugiętośćloyalty in the face of trouble
Romanian statornicie, neclintire
- statornicieloyalty in the face of trouble
- neclintireloyalty in the face of trouble
- fidelitateloyalty in the face of trouble
Russian усто́йчивость
- усто́йчивость (ustójčivostʹ)loyalty in the face of trouble
Cite this entry
steadfastness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steadfastness
“steadfastness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steadfastness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “steadfastness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steadfastness.
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