The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun.

persistent determination

the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"

A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. "Persevere, persevere!" cry the homilists all, Themselves, day and night, persevering to bawl. "Remember the fable of tortoise and hare -- The one at the goal while the other is -- where?" Why, back there in Dreamland, renewing his lease Of life, all his muscles preserving the peace, The goal and the rival forgotten alike, And the long fatigue of the needless hike. His spirit a-squat in the grass and the dew Of the dogless Land beyond the Stew, He sleeps, like a saint in a holy place, A winner of all that is good in a race. Sukker Uffro

Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism.

a great element of success

Perseverance was an early steam locomotive that took part in the Rainhill Trials. Built by Timothy Burstall, Perseverance was damaged on the way to the trials and Burstall spent the first five days trying to repair his locomotive. It ran on the sixth and final day of the trials but only achieved a speed of 6 mph.

All it takes is perseverance and you, too, can be a (near-)perfect speller. The suffix is -ance for no reason at all.

Perseverance is a solitaire card game played with a deck of 52 playing cards. The reason is not known for the name is not known, but probably, the player must play this game with perseverance to succeed.

Perseverance is the third studio release by the American moshcore and hardcore band Hatebreed.

Never giving up and always going ahead.

Discrimination.