Category:Perseverance

Per`se*ver"ance, n. Etym: [f. persévérance, l. perseverantia.]

1. The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; Continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise Begun. "the king-becoming graces . . . perseverance, mercy, Lowliness." Shak. Whose constant perseverance overcame whate'er his cruel malice could Invent. Milton.

2. Discrimination. [obs.] Sir j. Harrington.

3. (theol.)

Defn: 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.

Syn. -- persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity.