Resoluteness

Definition: Resoluteness

Resoluteness

Noun

1. The trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work".

Date "resoluteness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1637. (references)

Synonyms: Resoluteness

Synonyms: firmness (n), resolution (n), resolve (n). (additional references)

Antonym: irresoluteness (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Courage	Noun: courage, bravery, valor; resoluteness, boldness; Adjective: spirit, daring, gallantry, intrepidity; contempt of danger, defiance of danger; derring-do; audacity; rashness; dash; defiance; confidence, self-reliance.
Resolution	Noun: determination, will; iron will, unconquerable will; will of one's own, decision, resolution; backbone; clear grit, true grit, grit; sand, strength of mind, strength of will; resolve; (intent); firmness; (stability); energy, manliness, vigor; game, pluck; resoluteness; (courage); zeal; aplomb; desperation; devotion, devotedness.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Resoluteness

English words defined with "resoluteness": adamance ♦ decision, decisiveness ♦ firmness ♦ indecisively ♦ obduracy ♦ resolution, Resolution of a nebula, resolve ♦ unyieldingness. (references)

"Resoluteness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Resoluteness" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	4	175,879

Language		Translations for "resoluteness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vendosmëri (dash, dead set, decision, decisiveness, determination, firmness, flatness, purpose, purposefulness, resolution, resolve, steadiness). (various references)

Arabic		‏تصميم (design, designing, drawing, format, idea, intention, layout, mock up, modelling, planning, purpose, resolution, resolve, styling, will), ‏عزم (design, determination, dourness, grit, hardihood, intention, mean business, pluck, project, purpose, resource, sand, steadiness), ‏إصرار (assertiveness, firmness, insistence, obduracy, persistence, stress, stubbornness). (various references)

French		résolution (resolution, resolve, resolving power, spatial resolution), détermination. (various references)

German		Entschlossenheit (determination, determinedness, firmness, intentness, purpose, purposefulness, resolution, resolve). (various references)

Greek		αποφασιστικότησ (resolution, resolvedness), αποφασιστικότητα (decisiveness, determination, resolution, resolve (noun), resolvedness). (various references)

Hebrew		תקיפות (assertiveness, firmness, resolution, vehemence, vigour, violence), פסק� ות (absoluteness, arbitrariness, decisiveness, finality), �"חלטיות (absoluteness, assertiveness, determination, finality, firmness, resolve). (various references)

Hungarian		határozottság (definiteness, firmness, fixity of purpose, grittiness, manliness, positiveness, resolve, robustness, spiritedness, steadiness, stoutness, sturdiness). (various references)

Indonesian		ketegasan (clearness, explicitness, firmness). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		奮然 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ふ�"ぜ�" (anger, confusion, disorder, indignation, rage). (various references)

Manx		sturneishid, shassooaght (constancy, doggedness, immobility, insistence, invariability, persistency, steadfastness). (various references)

Pig Latin		esolutenessray

Romanian		hotãrâre (act, adjudgement, adjudgment, adjudication, award, conclusion, decision, decree, determination, dispensation, firmness, flatness, judgement, order, ordinance, peremptoriness, resolution, resolve, result, rule, sentence, stoutness, verdict, will, writ), fermitate (backbone, consistence, consistency, decision, determination, firmness, fixedness, fixity, inflexibility, resolution, solidity, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, stiffness, stoutness, sturdiness). (various references)

Spanish		resolución (definition, detection, determination, finality, purpose, resolution, resolution capability, resolve, resolving capability, resolving power, spatial resolution). (various references)

Turkish		sebat (constancy, fastness, permanency, perseverance, persistence, pertinacity, steadfastness, steadiness, stoutness, strenght of purpose), metanet (backbone, earthiness, fortitude, grit, resistance, solidity, steadfastness, steadiness, sturdiness), kararlılık (ballast, decision, decisiveness, determination, doggedness, equipoise, fixity, flatness, immovability, inflexibility, insistence, resolution, singleness, singleness of purpose, stability, stableness, steadiness, stoutness, strenght of purpose), cesurluk (audaciousness, boldness, courageousness, daring, gameness, intrepidity, pluckiness), azim (constancy, determination, devoutness, doggedness, firm intention, pep, perseverance, purpose, resolution, resolve, steadfastness, strenght of purpose, tenacity, will, zeal). (various references)

Ukranian		рішучість (dash, decision, determination, firmness, fixedness, flatness, purpose, spirit, vigor, vigour), твердість (assurance, assuredness, decision, firmness, hardness, resolution, solidity). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "resoluteness": resolutenesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "resoluteness": irresoluteness. (additional references)
	Words containing "resoluteness": irresolutenesses. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "resoluteness" (pronounced 'Res"o*lute*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-l-n-o-r-s-s-s-t-u"
	-2 letters: truenesses.
	-3 letters: entresols, oestruses, resolutes, streusels, terseness, turnsoles.
	-4 letters: entresol, enureses, estrones, estruses, eusteles, lostness, nestlers, neuroses, noseless, noteless, resolute, restless, rustless, selenous, serenest, setulose, soleness, solerets, soleuses, soreness, sourness, stenoses, streusel, sureness, toluenes, toneless, tonsures, treeless, tressels, trueness, tuneless, turnsole, tussores, unsteels, unstress.
	-5 letters: eluents, ensouls, ensures, entrees, estrone, estrous, eustele, lessees, lessens.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-l-n-o-r-s-s-s-t-u"
	+2 letters: irresoluteness, resolutenesses.
	+3 letters: deleteriousness, desultorinesses, effortfulnesses, forgetfulnesses, tremulousnesses, troublesomeness.
	+4 letters: irresolutenesses.
	+5 letters: deleteriousnesses, troublesomenesses.
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