staunchness

noun

Definition of staunchnessnext
as in loyalty

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  1. loyalty
  2. steadfastness
  3. devotion
  4. allegiance
  5. faithfulness
  6. constancy
  7. fealty
Noun
  • Me loyalty program uses the technology to give personalized product recommendations upfront.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • And, in doing so, potentially creates more loyalty, trust, and frequency of engagement.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of loyalty
Noun
  • So please do not celebrate Palestinian steadfastness as though we were placed on this earth to provide inspiring images of survival between massacres.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • His steadfastness seemed to reflect a recognition that God’s purpose and foundation had never truly been broken down.
    — Liesl Ehmke, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026
Definition of steadfastness
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  • As Nicole refuses the role she’s been taught to play, her mother is forced to confront the cost of building a life around a man who demands devotion but can’t offer safety.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
  • This is the main thrust of Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother — when the rightful aim of that threefold devotion is gone, what fills the void?
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of devotion
Noun
  • Like many of Knight’s fiction projects — notably Peaky Blinders — the film is a working-class underdog story with strong undertones of allegiance and duty.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Though the conventional story told about the YBAs is one of friendship and community, what stands out now is their allegiance to neoliberal individualism.
    — Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of allegiance
Noun
  • The yearn factor plays better in the book — and many already have opinions on its faithfulness to the source material.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • And as a lamp lights up a dark room, our faithfulness to God brightens the path for others, including government officials, to be more faithful, too.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of faithfulness
Noun
  • The relative constancy of fat cell numbers combined with their ability to change size and function has implications for the evolutionarily unusual state of being obese.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026
  • This transition represents a strong, continuing trajectory of comfort, longevity, and constancy.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of constancy
Noun
  • Hastert’s tenure was marked by a shift of power from committee chairmen to GOP leaders, fealty to the Bush administration and an explosion of congressional pet projects known as earmarks.
    — Michael Tarm, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The remarks further damaged ties between the longtime allies, and highlighted Washington’s prioritization of the Middle East conflict over relationships in Asia, as well as its demands for ideological fealty from geopolitical partners.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of fealty
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“Staunchness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staunchness. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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