perseverance

Roget category 604a

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.1. Volition in general
›› 5.1.1. Acts of volition

#604a. Perseverance

noun

perseverance — continuance etc. (inaction) 143 — permanence etc. (absence of change) 141 — firmness etc. (stability) 150.
constancy, steadiness — singleness of purpose, tenacity of purpose — persistence, plodding, patience — sedulity etc. (industry) 682 — pertinacy^†, pertinacity, pertinaciousness — iteration etc. 104 — bottom, game, pluck, stamina, backbone, grit — indefatigability, indefatigableness — bulldog courage.

verb

persevere, persist — hold on, hold out — die in the last ditch, be in at the death — stick to, cling to, adhere to — stick to one's text, keep on — keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course, maintain one's ground — go all lengths, go through fire and water — bear up, keep up, hold up — plod — stick to work etc. (work) 686 — continue etc. 143 — follow up — die in harness, die at one's post.

adjective

persevering, constant — steady, steadfast — undeviating, unwavering, unfaltering, unswerving, unflinching, unsleeping^†, unflagging, undrooping^† — steady as time — unrelenting, unintermitting^†, unremitting — plodding — industrious etc. 682 — strenuous etc. 686 — pertinacious — persisting, persistent.
solid, sturdy, staunch, stanch, true to oneself — unchangeable etc. 150 — unconquerable etc. (strong) 159 — indomitable, game to the last, indefatigable, untiring, unwearied, never tiring.

adverb

through evil report and good report, through thick and thin, through fire and water — per fas et nefas [Lat.] — without fail, sink or swim, at any price, vogue la galere [Fr.].

phrase

never say die — give it the old college try — vestigia nulla retrorsum [Lat.] — aut vincer aut mori [Lat.] — la garde meurt et ne se rend pas [Fr.] — tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre [Fr.].

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