Dictionary entry

Firmness

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Firm″ness, n. The state or quality of being firm.

Syn.Firmness, Constancy. Firmness belongs to the will, and constancy to the affections and principles; the former prevents us from yielding, and the latter from fluctuating. Without firmness a man has no character; “without constancy,” says Addison, “there is neither love, friendship, nor virtue in the world.”