firmness
nounUS /ˈfɝmnəs/ · UK /ˈfɜːmnəs/
Etymology From firm + -ness.
› The state of being firm
1
security; steadfastness; good grip
2
strictness; mental strength
- But many a man who would have stood within a home dismantled, strong in his passion and design of vengeance, has had the firmness of his nature conquered by the razing of an air–built castle.1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 23, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
- France, for the first time since the death of Charlemagne, was governed by a prince of great firmness and ability.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
3
physical durability; rigidness (of material)