determination
Unwavering will to succeed
Determination is firm resolve to achieve something despite obstacles: Her determination to finish medical school never wavered.
The word suggests sustained commitment rather than momentary enthusiasm.
Determination also means the act of settling or deciding something: the determination of guilt, a determination of eligibility.
In technical contexts, it refers to finding out precisely: the determination of a ship's position.
Continuing despite difficulty
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
doggedness · resilience · stamina · patience · staying power · pluck · mettle · backbone
Reasoned decision-making capacity
- verdictOfficial court decision
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- rulingFormal legal determination
finding · settlement · decree · adjudication · pronouncement · arbitration · final word · call
Formal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
- measurementDetermining size or amount
calculation · estimation · ascertainment · establishment · verification · diagnosis · quantification · specification
Resistance to deformation
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- purposeReason something exists
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- focusConcentrated attention point
drive · motivation · ambition · intent · discipline · single-mindedness · resoluteness · seriousness
Ability to restrain impulses
- self-disciplineRegulating one's own behavior
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- restraintControl over impulses
- resolveFirmness of purpose
inner strength · fortitude · courage · guts · nerve · spirit · heart · self-command
Trust held as true
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- faithTrust without proof
commitment · principle · stance · position · purpose
Unyielding adherence to position
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- unyieldingnessRefusal to give way
- adamancyFirm refusal to yield
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
immovability · pigheadedness · bullheadedness · hardheadedness · mulishness · obduracy · rigidity · stiff-necked
persistence
Continuing despite difficulty
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
fortitude · doggedness · resilience · stamina · patience · staying power · pluck · mettle · backbone · spunk
judgment
Reasoned decision-making capacity
- verdictOfficial court decision
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
ruling · finding · settlement · decree · adjudication · pronouncement · arbitration · final word · call · outcome
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
measurement · calculation · estimation · ascertainment · establishment · verification · diagnosis · quantification · specification · computation
firmness
Resistance to deformation
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- purposeReason something exists
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
focus · drive · motivation · ambition · intent · discipline · single-mindedness · resoluteness · seriousness · intensity
self-control
Ability to restrain impulses
- self-disciplineRegulating one's own behavior
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- restraintControl over impulses
resolve · inner strength · fortitude · courage · guts · nerve · spirit · heart · self-command · self-regulation
belief
Trust held as true
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
faith · commitment · principle · stance · position · purpose
obstinacy
Unyielding adherence to position
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- unyieldingnessRefusal to give way
- adamancyFirm refusal to yield
intransigence · immovability · pigheadedness · bullheadedness · hardheadedness · mulishness · obduracy · rigidity · stiff-necked · willfulness
- competitivenessrivalry, vying, contending, outdoing, outperforming
- fitness motivationgoals, results, weight loss, energy, strength
- fortitudefortitude, mental fortitude, grit, resolve, tenacity
- Hard Workgrind, hustle, toil, effort, labor
- inner qualitiesintegrity, wisdom, courage, compassion, resilience
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
determinationindecision
Failure to decide
indecisiveness · irresolution · vacillation · hesitation · irresoluteness
determinationunwillingness
Disinclination to act
reluctance · spinelessness · disinclination · indisposition · apathy
determinationcowardice
Absence of bravery
spinelessness · weakness · timidity · pusillanimity · faintheartedness
- sex determinationEstablishing male or female status
self-determination, determinations, determinative, predetermination