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1. The muscle tone of healthy tissue
   "his muscular firmness"
   - soundness
    
2. The trait of being resolute
   "his firmness carried him through the battle"; "his firmness of purpose carried him through the battle"
   - resoluteness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution
    
3. The property of being unyielding to the touch
    
4. The quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place
   - steadiness

Derived forms: firmnesses

See also: firm

Type of: hardness, immovability, immovableness, strength, trait

Encyclopedia: Firmness