- Firmness of purpose - New Year’s vow - Proposal before a meeting - Resolve - The act, operation, or process of resolving.
Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or
component parts. (b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving
a vexed question or difficult problem. - The state of being relaxed; relaxation. - The state of being resolved, settled, or determined;
firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.
- Arm-twisting - The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind
by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or
passions, or inclines the will to a determination. - The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled
opinion or conviction, which has been induced. - A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a
certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all
persuasions are agreed. - The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness. - That which persuades; a persuasive.