1. steadfastness(n = noun.attribute) staunchness - loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty;
is a kind of loyalty, trueness
Derived form adjective steadfast2
2. steadfastness(n = noun.attribute) - steadfast resolution;
is a kind of firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve
Derived form adjective steadfast1
The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy. Col. ii. 5. [1913 Webster]
"To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness." [1913 Webster]