Associations to the word «Perseverance»

Wiktionary

PERSEVERANCE, noun. Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS, noun. (theology) A Christian doctrine, one of the five points of Calvinism, stating that true believers in Jesus Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross (the "saints") cannot relapse and are predestined to salvation.

Dictionary definition

PERSEVERANCE, noun. Persistent determination.
PERSEVERANCE, noun. The act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate".

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.