Fortitude
['fɔːtɪtjuːd]
Definition
(noun.) strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.
Edited by Benson--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Power to resist attack; strength; firmness.
(n.) That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Endurance (with courage), firmness, resolution, patience, strength of mind, passive courage.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Courage, endurance, braveness, calmness, resignation, hardihood, composure,resolution, stoicism, firmness
ANT:Timidity, flinching, impatience, irritation, faintness, delicacy, effeminacy,womanishness, childishness
Editor: Nell
Definition
n. mental power of endurance: firmness in meeting danger: (obs.) strength power of resistance or attack.—adj. Fortitū′dinous.
Editor: Vanessa
Examples
- I had always felt my weakness, in comparison with her constancy and fortitude; and now I felt it more and more. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Do not I require fortitude? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I have endeavoured to brave the storm--I have endeavoured to school myself to fortitude--I have sought to imbue myself with the lessons of wisdom. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Next followed the thought that much of the future peace of mind enjoyable by the dear ones, depended on his quiet fortitude. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Yet a little fortitude, my dearest Fanny. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mine would have been feigned stoicismforced fortitude. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- My hand shrunk from the grasp of Fortitude, who continued his firm and undeviating road, frequently beckoning me to follow him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I am called Fortitude, said he. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Emma heard the sad truth with fortitude. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You must call up all your fortitude, and try to bear it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I cannot leave him even now, without remembering with a pang, at once his modest fortitude and his great sorrow. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Great fortitude--great strength of mind. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But let us try to bear it with fortitude. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I bore the insult with my customary fortitude. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Idris, after the first shock, regained a portion of fortitude. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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