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ADAMANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible
Synonyms:
adamance; obduracy; unyieldingness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("adamance" is a kind of...):
firmness; firmness of purpose; resoluteness; resolution; resolve (the trait of being resolute)
Derivation:
adamant (impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason)