25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Steadfastness \Stead"fast*ness\, noun The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy. ''The steadfastness of your faith.'' --Col. ii. 5.

To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness. --Chaucer.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

steadfastness

noun

1: loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty [syn: {staunchness}]

2: steadfast resolution
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