firmness (n.)

  1. the muscle tone of healthy tissue; his muscular firmness

    [ Syn: soundness ]

  2. the trait of being resolute; his resoluteness carried him through the battle; it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work

    [ Syn: resoluteness , firmness of purpose , resolve , resolution ]

  3. the property of being unyielding to the touch

  4. the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place

    [ Syn: steadiness ]

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