steadfastness
stead·fast·ness
noun
1.
loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty
Origin
From Middle English stedfastnesse, stedefastnesse, from Old English stedefæstnes (“steadfastness”), equivalent to steadfast + -ness.
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