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unswerving

/ʌnˈswɜːrvɪŋ/

Meanings
adjective
Not deviating; not yielding or straying or varying.

Examples :

"They followed the ritual with unswerving faith."
character attitude moral

Related Words

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not noun

/nɒt/ /nɑt/

A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.

"The not of the student's attendance record meant they were absent. "

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yielding verb

/ˈjiːldɪŋ/

To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.

"The company is yielding a bonus to its employees for their hard work this year. "

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followed verb

/ˈfɒləʊd/ /ˈfɑloʊd/

To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.

"Follow that car!"

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straying verb

/ˈstreɪɪŋ/ /streɪɪŋ/

To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

"The cat was straying from the sidewalk, wandering into the neighbor's yard. "

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deviating verb

/ˈdiːvieɪtɪŋ/ /ˈdiːviˌeɪtɪŋ/

To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.

"The driver started deviating from the route on his GPS, and got lost. "

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with adverb

/wɪθ/ /wɪð/

Along, together with others, in a group, etc.

"Do you want to come with?"

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varying verb

/ˈvɛəɹiɪŋ/ /ˈvɛɹiɪŋ/

To change with time or a similar parameter.

"He varies his magic tricks so as to minimize the possibility that any given audience member will see the same trick twice."

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they pronoun

/ðeɪ/

(the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.

"Dogs may bark if they want to be fed."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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or conjunction

/ɔː(ɹ)/ /ɔɹ/ /ɚ/

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

"He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."

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faith noun

/feɪθ/

A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.

"I have faith in the goodness of my fellow man."

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ritual noun

/ˈɹɪ.tʃu.əl/

Rite; a repeated set of actions

"They carried out the ritual carefully."