persevˈerate intransitive verb

1. To recur or tend to recur (psychiatry)
2. To repeat the same actions or thoughts

perseveration /pûr-sev-ər-āˈshən/ noun

1. Meaningless repetition of an action, utterance, thought, etc
2. The tendency to experience difficulty in leaving one activity for another

persevˈerātor noun

persevēˈring adjective

persevēˈringly adverb

perseverance of saints noun

The Calvinistic doctrine that those who are effectually called by God cannot fall away so as to be finally lost