resolutenessn.

?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. Q.ij ^v By bold resolutenesse on his parte he hath the fame of constancie & it is found perilous to resist him.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 203 Fabius constancie and resolutnes in warres to fight with securitie..being mingled with Marcellus heate and furie.

1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. F iv Men who with incessant industry and resolutenes incredible..leave no exploite..vnattempted.

1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 240 A willingness and resoluteness to suffer for him when we are called to it.

1703 tr. A. de Ovalle Hist. Relation Chile i. v. 78/2 He took..a great Knife in his hand, and fell upon the Captain, and..leap'd over-board... 'Tis to be imagin'd they were all wonderfully surpriz'd at the Resoluteness of the Action.

1785 False Friends II. lxxxviii. 72 She turned pale, but with resoluteness I scarce thought her capable of at such a time, replied, ‘I am obliged to you sir.’

1840 T. Arnold Hist. Rome II. 375 The plain resoluteness of his character..caused him to be elected tribune of the commons.

1890 Spectator 25 Jan. To make his resoluteness serve the purpose of extricating the great German from..a difficult and ambiguous crisis.

1912 G. R. Parkin Rhodes Scholarships vi. 159 Some care in organizing time may be required, and some resoluteness of purpose; but the goal is worth the effort.

1979 M. C. Carras Indira Gandhi vii. 209 Throughout her life, she had tended to shift sharply from indecision to resoluteness.

2007 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 16 Mar. (Features Mag.) e2 What's really to be envied about Angelina Jolie is her resoluteness, her determination to act.