decisiveness

noun

decisiveness

noun

UK /dɪˈsaɪsɪvnəs/

Etymology From decisive + -ness.

1

The state or quality of being decisive.

For an instant he felt nettled at the irony, the light shadow of a snub, with which she had met his decisiveness, and at the way he had risen to her quick glance.1953, Ian Fleming, “Pink Lights and Champagne”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 58:

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