#604a.  Perseverance. —­ N. perseverance; continuance &c. (inaction)
143; permanence &c. (absence of change) 141; firmness &c. (stability) 150.
     constancy, steadiness; singleness of purpose, tenacity of purpose;
persistence, plodding, patience; sedulity &c. (industry) 682; pertinacy|, pertinacity, pertinaciousness; iteration &c. 104
     bottom, game, pluck, stamina, backbone, grit; indefatigability,
indefatigableness; bulldog courage. 
     V. persevere, persist; hold on, hold out; die in the last ditch, be in
at the death; stick to, cling to, adhere to; stick to one’s text, keep on; keep to one’s course, keep to one’s ground, maintain one’s course, maintain one’s ground; go all lengths, go through fire and water; bear up, keep up, hold up; plod; stick to work &c. (work) 686; continue &c. 143; follow up; die in harness, die at one’s post. 
     Adj. persevering, constant; steady, steadfast; undeviating,
unwavering, unfaltering, unswerving, unflinching, unsleeping[obs3], unflagging, undrooping[obs3]; steady as time; unrelenting, unintermitting[obs3], unremitting; plodding; industrious &c. 682; strenuous &c. 686; pertinacious; persisting, persistent.
     solid, sturdy, staunch, stanch, true to oneself; unchangeable &c. 150;
unconquerable &c. (strong) 159; indomitable, game to the last, indefatigable, untiring, unwearied, never tiring. 
     Adv. through evil report and good report, through thick and thin,
through fire and water; per fas et nefas[Lat]; without fail, sink or swim, at any price, vogue la galere[Fr].. 
     Phr. never say die; give it the old college try; vestigia nulla
retrorsum[Lat]; aut vincer aut mori[Lat]; la garde meurt et ne se rend pas[Fr]; tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre[Fr].

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     #605.  Irresolution. —­ N. irresolution, infirmity of purpose,
indecision; indetermination, undetermination|!; unsettlement; uncertainty &c. 475; demur, suspense; hesitating &c. v., hesitation, hesitancy; vacillation; changeableness &c. 149; fluctuation; alternation &c. (oscillation) 314; caprice &c. 608.
     fickleness, levity, legerete[Fr]; pliancy &c. (softness) 324;
weakness; timidity &c. 860; cowardice &c. 862; half measures.
     waverer, ass between two bundles of hay; shuttlecock, butterfly; wimp;
doughface [obs3][U.  S.]. 
     V. be irresolute &c. adj.; hang in suspense, keep in suspense; leave
“ad referendum”; think twice about, pause; dawdle &c. (inactivity) 683; remain neuter; dillydally, hesitate, boggle, hover, dacker[obs3], hum and haw, demur, not know one’s own mind; debate, balance; dally with, coquet with; will and will not, chaser-balancer[obs3]; go halfway, compromise, make a compromise; be thrown off one’s balance, stagger like a drunken man; be afraid &c. 860; “let ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would’” [Macbeth]; falter, waver
     vacillate &c. 149; change &c. 140; retract &c. 607; fluctuate;