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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.