Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.

synonyms: adamance, unyieldingness.

Roget 907: malevolence; bad intent, bad intention; unkindness, diskindness^†; ill nature, ill will, ill blood; bad blood; enmity etc. 889; hate etc. 898; malignity; malice, malice prepense^†; maliciousness etc. adj.; spite, despite; resentment etc. 900.    uncharitableness etc. adj.; incompassionateness etc. 914.1^†; gall, venom, rancor, rankling, virulence, mordacity^†, acerbity churlishness etc. (discourtesy) 895.    hardness of heart, heart of stone, obduracy; cruelty; cruelness etc. adj.; brutality, savagery; ferity^†, ferocity; barbarity, inhumanity, immanity^†, truculence, ruffianism; evil eye, cloven foot; torture, vivisection.    ill turn, bad turn; affront etc. (disrespect) 929; outrage, atrocity; ill usage; intolerance, persecution; tender mercies [Iron.]; unkindest cut of all" [Julius Caesar]. ... show more

Roget 951: impenitence, irrepentance^†, recusance^†; lack of contrition.    hardness of heart, seared conscience, induration, obduracy.   

Roget 606: obstinateness etc. adj.; obstinacy, tenacity; cussedness [U.S.]; perseverance etc. 604.1; immovability; old school; inflexibility etc. (hardness) 323; obduracy, obduration^†; dogged resolution; resolution etc. 604; ruling passion; blind side.    self-will, contumacy, perversity; pervicacy^†, pervicacity^†; indocility^†.    bigotry, intolerance, dogmatism; opiniatry^†, opiniativeness; fixed idea etc. (prejudgment) 481; fanaticism, zealotry, infatuation, monomania; opinionatedness opinionativeness^†.    mule; opinionist^†, opinionatist^†, opiniator^†, opinator^†; stickler, dogmatist; bigot; zealot, enthusiast, fanatic.    ... show more

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