firmness

firmness
noun
1. the muscle tone of healthy tissue (Freq. 1)
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his muscular firmness

• Syn: ↑soundness
• Ant: ↑unsoundness (for: ↑soundness)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sound (for: ↑soundness), ↑firm
• Hypernyms: ↑strength
2. the trait of being resolute (Freq. 1)
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his resoluteness carried him through the battle

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it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work

• Ant: ↑irresoluteness (for: ↑resoluteness)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑firm, ↑resolute (for: ↑resoluteness)
• Hypernyms: ↑trait
• Hyponyms:
3. the property of being unyielding to the touch
• Derivationally related forms: ↑firm
• Hypernyms: ↑hardness
4. the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place
• Syn: ↑steadiness
• Ant: ↑unsteadiness (for: ↑steadiness)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑firm, ↑steady (for: ↑steadiness)
• Hypernyms: ↑immovability, ↑immovableness
• Hyponyms: ↑granite, ↑sureness, ↑stability, ↑stableness

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