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resolve

/ɹiːˈzɒlv/
noun
  1. Determination; will power.

    "It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery."

  2. A determination to do something; a fixed decision.

  3. An act of resolving something; resolution.

Synonymsfortitude, inner strength, resoluteness, sticktoitiveness, tenacity
verb
  1. To find a solution to (a problem).

  2. To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.

    "to resolve a riddle"

  3. To make a firm decision to do something.

    "I resolve to finish this work before I go home."

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