Associations to the word «Fortitude»

Wiktionary

FORTITUDE, noun. Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.
FORTITUDE, noun. (archaic) Physical strength.
FORTITUDE OF THE MARTYRS, proper noun. (Christianity) An epithet of Jesus.

Dictionary definition

FORTITUDE, noun. Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne