- diligent, persevering - quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness; "a diligent (or patient) worker"; "with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business"
Antonym: impatient (indirect, via patient)
- persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
--1 is one way to continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun perseveration1, noun perseveration2, noun perseverance2
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