Perseverance /(pẽr`sē̇*vēr"ans)/

Per·se·ver·ance

Perseverance

n.
  1. The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun.
    Whose constant perseverance overcame Whate'er his cruel malice could invent.
  2. Discrimination. [Obs.]
  3. 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. (Theol.)