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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•se•ver•ance (pûr′sə vēr′əns),USA pronunciation n. - steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
- Religion[Theol.]continuance in a state of grace to the end, leading to eternal salvation.
- Latin persevērantia. See persevere, -ance
- Middle French perseverance
- Middle English perseveraunce 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged doggedness, steadfastness. Perseverance, persistence, tenacity, pertinacity imply resolute and unyielding holding on in following a course of action. Perseverance commonly suggests activity maintained in spite of difficulties or steadfast and long-continued application:Endurance and perseverance combined to win in the end.It is regularly used in a favorable sense. Persistence, which may be used in either a favorable or an unfavorable sense, implies unremitting (and sometimes annoying) perseverance:persistence in a belief; persistence in talking when others wish to study.Tenacity, with the original meaning of adhesiveness, as of glue, is a dogged and determined holding on. Whether used literally or figuratively it has favorable implications:a bulldog quality of tenacity; the tenacity of one's memory.Pertinacity, unlike its related word, is used chiefly in an unfavorable sense, that of overinsistent tenacity:the pertinacity of the social climber.
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