resolution
noun
[ rɛzəˈluːʃ(ə)n ]
• a firm decision to do or not to do something.
• "she kept her resolution not to see Anne any more"
Similar:
intention,
resolve,
decision,
intent,
aim,
aspiration,
design,
purpose,
object,
plan,
commitment,
pledge,
promise,
undertaking,
• the quality of being determined or resolute.
• "he handled the last British actions of the war with resolution"
Similar:
determination,
purpose,
purposefulness,
resolve,
resoluteness,
single-mindedness,
strength of will,
strength of character,
will power,
firmness,
firmness of purpose,
fixity of purpose,
intentness,
decision,
decidedness,
steadfastness,
staunchness,
manfulness,
perseverance,
persistence,
indefatigability,
tenacity,
tenaciousness,
staying power,
strong-mindedness,
backbone,
dedication,
commitment,
constancy,
the bulldog spirit,
pertinacity,
pertinaciousness,
stubbornness,
doggedness,
obstinacy,
obdurateness,
obduracy,
inflexibility,
spiritedness,
braveness,
bravery,
boldness,
courage,
pluck,
courageousness,
pluckiness,
stout-heartedness,
Sitzfleisch,
guts,
spunk,
grit,
stickability,
stick-to-it-iveness,
intension,
perseveration,
• the action of solving a problem or contentious matter.
• "the peaceful resolution of all disputes"
Similar:
solution to,
answer to,
end to,
explanation to,
resolving,
settlement,
settling,
solving,
sorting out,
working out,
rectification,
unravelling,
disentanglement,
clarification,
conclusion,
ending,
cracking,
• the process of reducing or separating something into constituent parts or components.
• the smallest interval measurable by a telescope or other scientific instrument; the resolving power.
• the conversion of something abstract into another form.
• "the gradual resolution of an uncertain feeling into a named emotion"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin resolutio(n- ), from resolvere ‘loosen, release’ (see resolve).
