Perseverance

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Discrimination.

II. Perseverance ·noun The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun.

III. Perseverance ·noun 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.