mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously: Never once did her fortitude waver during that long illness.
Origin of fortitude
First recorded 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin fortitūdō “strength, firmness, courage,” equivalent to forti(s) “strong” + -tūdō noun suffix (see -tude)
synonym study for fortitude
See patience.
Words nearby fortitude
Fortin barometer, Fort Irwin, fortis, fortissimo, fortition, fortitude, fortitudinous, Fort Jackson, Fort Jefferson, Fort Kearney, Fort Knox
So much of the impetus behind the house meal is an easy vehicle for soothing flavors, for times when you’re overwhelmed, busy, exhausted, or just don’t have the mental fortitude to make a bigger grocery list or cook something more elaborate.
Celebrate the House Meal, the Go-To Dish for When There’s No One to Satisfy but Yourself|Jaya Saxena|September 30, 2020|Eater
I think the discipline and the mental fortitude really helped me with all those walking hours.
Inside an FKT Attempt on the Appalachian Trail|Martin Fritz Huber|September 3, 2020|Outside Online
Some might lack the fortitude—or masochism—required to endure a grueling campaign (Rubio).
What Republicans Need Right Now Is a Good Internal Fight|James Poulos|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He rarely suggests that we develop the fortitude to unplug our brains from the news-generated matrix that subsumes us.
What is the News? Whatever Alain de Botton Thinks It Is|Robert Herritt|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the fact is that not a lot of these people have the fortitude and skill required to do that.
In Defense of the House 39|Michael Tomasky|November 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It would take a lot of confidence and fortitude to go against all that.
How Obama Got Bin Laden: A Detailed Account From ‘Showdown’ by David Corn|David Corn|April 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This plethora of Rise with the Prize events captures the fortitude of women as they stand together.
Global Events Celebrate Success of Women Nobel Prize Laureates|Swanee Hunt|December 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST
In his fortitude, he had not even thought of this supreme piety; and he flung his arms round the old woman's neck.
La Grenadiere|Honore de Balzac
Mr. Carden kept silence; but his fortitude was sorely tried.
Put Yourself in His Place|Charles Reade
I have fortitude equal to most, but it must not be tried by a more than human test.
Love and Intrigue|Friedrich Schiller
To the stubbornness of the Frank he united the fortitude of a Christian.
The Collection of Antiquities|Honore de Balzac
The last of the ceremonies of the day consisted of a sort of trial of fortitude upon the young.
Continental Monthly , Vol I, Issue I, January 1862|Various