Chapter Words Relating to the Voluntary Powers of Index by Roget's Thesaurus

600. Resolution (Substantives), determination, decision, resolvedness, fixedness, steadiness, constancy, unchangeableness, inflexibility, decision, finality, firmness, doggedness, tenacity of purpose, perseverance, constancy, solidity, stability.

Energy, manliness, vigour, spirit, spiritedness, pluck, bottom, backbone, grit, an iron will; self-reliance; self- mastery; self-control.

A devotee, zealot, extremist, ultra, enthusiast, fanatic, fan.

(Verbs). To be resolved, etc., to have resolution, etc., to resolve, persevere, determine, conclude, make up one's mind, to stand, keep, or remain firm, etc., to come to a determination, to form a resolution, to take one's stand, to stand by, hold by, hold fast, stick to, abide by, adhere to, keep one's ground, persevere, keep one's course, hold on, hang on, not to fail.

To insist upon, to make a point of.

(Phrases). To determine once for all; form a resolution; stand firm; remain firm; to pass the Rubicon; take a decisive step; to nail one's colours to the mast; to screw one's courage to the sticking-place; to take the bull by the horns; to mean business; to carry a stiff upper lip.

(Adjectives). Resolved, resolute, game, firm, steady, steadfast, staunch, constant; solid, manly, stout.

Decided, determinate, definitive, determined, uncompromising, purposive, fixed, unmoved, unshaken, unbending, unyielding, unflinching, inflexible, unwavering, unfaltering, unshrinking, undiverted, undeterred, immovable, not to be moved, unhesitating, unswerving.

Peremptory, trenchant, inexorable, indomitable, strenuous, persevering, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless, decisive, final.

Strenuous, bent upon, set upon, intent upon, proof against, master of oneself, steeled, staid, serious, stiff, stiff-necked; see Obstinate 606.

(Phrases). Firm as a rock; steady as time; true to oneself; master of oneself; in utrumque paratus.

(Adverbs). Resolutely, etc., without fail.

(Phrases). Through thick and thin; through fire and water; per fas aut nefas; coûte que coûte; fortiter in re; like grim death.

601. Irresolution (Substantives), indecision, indetermination, demur, hesitation, suspense, hesitancy, vacillation, unsteadiness, inconstancy, wavering, fluctuation, flickering, changeableness, mutability, fickleness, levity, légèreté, trimming, softness, weakness, instability.

A weathercock, a shuttlecock, a butterfly, a harlequin, a chameleon.

(Verbs). To be irresolute, etc., to hesitate, hang in suspense, demur, waver, vacillate, quaver, fluctuate, shuffle, boggle, flicker, falter, palter, debate, dilly-dally, dally with, swerve, etc.

(Phrases). To hang fire; to hum and ha; not to know one's own mind; to leave "ad referendum"; letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would."

(Adjectives). Irresolute, undecided, unresolved, undetermined, vacillating, wavering, hesitating, faltering, shuffling, etc., double-minded, indecisive.

Unsteady, unsteadfast, fickle, flighty, changing, changeable, versatile, variable, inconstant, mutable, protean, fluctuating, unstable, unsettled, unhinged, unfixed, shilly-shally.