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PERSEVERANCES
Noun
perseverances
plural of perseverance
Source: Wiktionary
PERSEVERANCE
Per`se*ver"ance, n. Etym: [F. persévérance, L. perseverantia.]
1. The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun. "The king-becoming graces . . . perseverance, mercy, lowliness." Shak. Whose constant perseverance overcame Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. Milton.
2. Discrimination. [Obs.] Sir J. Harrington.
3. (Theol.)
Definition: Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism.
Syn.
– Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SPRINGBOARD
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
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