noun
1. loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty
• Syn: ↑staunchness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑staunch (for: ↑staunchness), ↑steadfast
2. steadfast resolution
• Derivationally related forms: ↑steadfast
• Hypernyms: ↑resoluteness, ↑firmness, ↑firmness of purpose, ↑resolve, ↑resolution
Useful english dictionary. 2012.