perseverance
n. விடா முயற்சி, ஆள்வினையுடைமை, சமயத்துறையில் திருவருளுக்கு ஆட்பட்ட நிலையில் இருந்து வருதல்.
Per`se*ver"ance, n. Etym: [F. persévérance, L. perseverantia.] 1. The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun. "The king-becoming graces . . . perseverance, mercy, lowliness." Shak. Whose constant perseverance overcame Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. Milton. 2. Discrimination. [Obs.] Sir J. Harrington. 3. (Theol.) Defn: Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism. Syn. -- Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity.