Associations to the word «Firmness»

Wiktionary

FIRMNESS, noun. The state of being firm; strength; permanence; stability; hardness; resolution.

Dictionary definition

FIRMNESS, noun. The muscle tone of healthy tissue; "his muscular firmness".
FIRMNESS, noun. The trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work".
FIRMNESS, noun. The property of being unyielding to the touch.
FIRMNESS, noun. The quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke