firmness
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(noun) the property of being unyielding to the touch |
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Related Words: hardness |
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(noun) the firmness and tone of healthy tissue: "his muscle firmness" |
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Synonyms: soundness |
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Related Words: strength |
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(noun) the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place |
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Synonyms: steadiness |
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Related Words: granite, immovability, immovableness, stability, stableness, sureness |
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(noun) the trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" |
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Synonyms: resoluteness, resolution, resolve |
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Related Words: adamance, bullheadedness, decision, decisiveness, determination, obduracy, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, purpose, self-command, self-control, self-will, single-mindedness, steadfastness, stubbornness, trait, unyieldingness, willpower |
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