<b><font size="4">"perseverance"</font></b><br/><b>noun</b> <ol> <li>persistent determination [syn: <a href="../doggedness.html">doggedness</a>, <a href="../persistence.html">persistence</a>, <a href="../persistency.html">persistency</a>, <a href="../tenacity.html">tenacity</a>, <a href="../tenaciousness.html">tenaciousness</a>, <a href="../pertinacity.html">pertinacity</a>] </li> <li>the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate" [syn: <a href="../persistence.html">persistence</a>, <a href="../perseveration.html">perseveration</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../perseverance.html">http://www.word.sc/perseverance</a>

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