Noun

(-)

Unyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that exposes one to difficulty, danger, or calumnity; intrepidness.

* 1902 , Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness :

Their talk, however, was the talk of sordid buccaneers: it was reckless without hardihood , greedy without audacity, and cruel without courage; there was not an atom of foresight or of serious intention in the whole batch of them, and they did not seem aware these things are wanted for the work of the world.

* 1971 , John Morris Dorsey, Psychology of Emotion :

Once endured it is enjoyed as my owndom. Elsewhere I refer to this process of enduring hardship as the only possible source of hardihood .

Excessive boldness; foolish daring; offensive assurance.

Noun

(en noun)

A strong will, determination.

The state of being resolute.

A statement of intent, a vow

The act of discerning detail.

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(computing) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).

(computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.

(computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.

name resolution

(math) The act or process of solving; solution.

the resolution of an equation

A formal statement adopted by an assembly.

(sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).

(sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.

(music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.

The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.