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n. - Resoluteness by virtue of being inflexible.

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Usage examples (8)
  • Adjective : a timid, yielding man. ,a yielding mattress
  • Their fears had vanished, but the sand, receiving now their undivided attention, multiplied its unyieldingness.
  • The thought is troubling my mind that she has a narrow heart, and that in this lies the secret of her unyieldingness.
  • I believe it is the strength of the ego feeling which gives to some the vigor and unyieldingness of their conscience.
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