Fortitude

Word FORTITUDE
Character 9
Hyphenation for ti tude
Pronunciations /ˈfɔːtɪtjuːd/

Definitions and meanings of "Fortitude"

What do we mean by fortitude?

Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage. noun

Strength; force; power to attack or to resist attack. noun

Mental power of endurance; patient courage under affliction, privation, or temptation; firmness in confronting danger, hardship, or suffering. noun

In astrology, any circumstance which strengthens the effect of a planet, or of the part of fortune; a dignity; especially, an accidental dignity, such as being in the ascendant, in the seventh, fourth, eleventh, second, fifth, ninth, or third house, being in hayz, having direct motion, having swift motion, being free from combustion, being in cazimi, etc. noun

Synonyms Endurance, etc. (see patience), resolution, resoluteness, nerve. noun

Power to resist attack; strength; firmness. noun

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. noun

Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity. noun

Physical strength. noun

Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage noun

Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.

Physical strength.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fortitude

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The word "fortitude" in example sentences

Finally a state legislator with some intestinal fortitude is attempting to repeal the requirement that one has to obtain a pistol permit from the county sheriff before one may buy a handgun (or crossbow). ❋ Unknown (2009)

That internal fortitude is one of the most powerful things you can possess as a writer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I hope that our Farmers understand that out in the country as a whole, we are with them and that our admiration for their fortitude is boundless. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I thought I should have fainted; but a torrent of tears recalled the ebbing current of my heart, and I grew proud in fortitude, though humbled in self-love. ❋ Mary Elizabeth Robinson (1895)

Strengthened thus in fortitude, she descended chearfully to supper, where Mr. Tyrold, though he saw with pain that her spirits were constrained, felt the fondest satisfaction in the virtue of her exertion. ❋ Unknown (1796)

Pursue me, persecute me no longer, but suffer me to abide by myself, till my fortitude is better strengthened to meet my destiny! ' ❋ Unknown (1796)

Each now, separately, and with nearly equal difficulty, strove to attain fortitude to seek an explanation. ❋ Unknown (1796)

The mercenaries of the caliph were dismayed at the approach of an enemy who neither asked nor accepted quarter; and the difference between, them in fortitude and patience, is expressive of the change which three centuries of prosperity had effected in the character of the Arabians. ❋ Unknown (1206)

They showed what we call fortitude, and bravery and fortitude go hand in hand. " ❋ Various (1875)

He pursues the pleasures or the eccentricities of his imagination, with an avidity insatiable: and he perpetually proves that human passions subjugate him to the degradations of human frailty; while woman, the weaker animal, she whose enjoyments are limited, whose education, knowledge, and actions are circumscribed by the potent rule of prejudice, she is expected to resist temptation; to be invincible in fortitude; strong in prescient and reflecting powers; subtle in the defence of her own honour; and forbearing under all the conflicts of the passions. ❋ Unknown (1799)

73 But as female fortitude is commonly artificial, so it is seldom steady or consistent. ❋ Unknown (1206)

Conservatives say his one-of-the-team approach could also signal a decline in American fortitude after nearly a decade of war. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Rosica really means by the phrase “civility, charity, mercy and politeness” is a kind of pantywaist political correctness, void of testicular fortitude, that is so afraid to identify and call out blatant evil in the public square. ❋ Suzanne (2009)

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