| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | res·o·lute |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r z  -l t , rz-lt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Firm or determined; unwavering. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, dissolved, dissolute, from Latin resol tus, relaxed, past participle of resolvere, to relax, untie. See resolve. | | OTHER FORMS: | reso·lutely —ADVERB
reso·luteness —NOUN
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