Stedfastness

Alternative forms

• steadfastness

Origin

From Middle English stedfastnes, stedfastnesse ("firmness of purpose; fortitude; loyalty, fidelity; strength, boldness, courage"), from Old English stedefæstnes ("constancy"); equivalent to stedfast + -ness.

Full definition of stedfastness

Noun

1. Obsolete form of steadfastness
• 1904, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Merry Men Chapter Chapter II. The Parson's Marjory, It might be a question whether she was not Will's match in stedfastness, …