Determination
Determination noun - Firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose.
Usage example: the determination with which the pioneers settled the land despite many hardships and setbacks
Decisiveness is a synonym for determination in certain topic. In some cases you can use "Decisiveness" instead a noun "Determination".
Decisiveness
Decisiveness noun - Firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose.
Usage example: moved with speed and decisiveness in investigating the charges of the use of excessive force by the police
Determination is a synonym for decisiveness in certain topic. You can use "Determination" instead a noun "Decisiveness", if it concerns topics such as decision.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- purpose and determination
- purpose and decisiveness
- will and determination
- will and decisiveness
- persistence and determination
- persistence and decisiveness
- perseverance and determination
- perseverance and decisiveness
- backbone and determination
- backbone and decisiveness
- fortitude and determination
- fortitude and decisiveness
- firmness and determination
- firmness and decisiveness
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