坚定;坚决
Steadfastness \Stead"fast*ness\, n. The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy. ``The steadfastness of your faith.'' --Col. ii. 5. To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness. --Chaucer.
steadfastness n 1: loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty [syn: {staunchness}] 2: steadfast resolution