perseverance - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'perseverance' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Perseverance

[ n.]

- The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun.
- Discrimination.
- Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism.

Meaning of 'perseverance' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . perseverance

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior

Example in sentence:

his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate

Nearby Words:

per per- peract peracute peradventure peraeopod peragrate peragration perambulate perambulated

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Leader's Perseverance
The capacity to see a commitment through to completion long after most people would have stopped trying.

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