fortitude

Noun

Meaning

Power to resist attack; strength; firmness.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

resolution courage endurance bravery spirit resolve nerve determination backbone persistence resilience perseverance mettle stamina toughness
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Antonyms

Malaysian downer penitence rabbit malayan vertigo
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Hypernyms

courage bravery braveness courageousness natural virtue

Hyponyms

moxie sand backbone gumption guts grit

Phrases with the word

testicular fortitude deprive of fortitude martyr's fortitude

Examples

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s. William Blake

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. Ambrose Bierce

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason. Francis Bacon

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth. Rex Stout

Patience and fortitude conquer all. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everyone wants to go to heaven; the desire is there but the fortitude is not. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

fortissimo fortississimo fortition fortitudinous fortlet fortlike