Synonyms:
resolute
Meaning: firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; "stood resolute against the enemy"; "faced with a resolute opposition"; "a resolute and unshakeable faith"
Usage examples
A resolute man--!"
"Yes; he appears to be a resolute fellow."
I got your address from the owner of the yacht Resolute.
He had the squarest and most resolute face I ever set eyes upon.
We exhorted him to be resolute in this, and left my aunt to observe him.
Lawrence Smith, of Kentucky, one of the most resolute of the exclusionists:
Resolute men hurriedly saddled their horses, and soon thirty were after the outlaws.
They were affable fellows and resolute, but had set out hardly equipped for the chase.
Their food was nearly gone, yet the castaways from the RESOLUTE thought there was still plenty.
Former experience in a similar matter of official duty had taught those Mexicans that the American trappers were men of a peculiarly resolute nature.