Definition of "toughness" []

• The state of being tough (noun)
• Resistance to fracture when stressed (noun)
• A formidable difficulty (noun)

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• "He spends the rest of his piece outlining what he calls the toughness gap, but what he has illustrated is in fact a decency gap."
• "Close with it, wrestle it: sheer obstinate toughness of muscle; but much more, what we call toughness of heart, which will mean persistence hopeful and even desperate, unsubduable patience, composed candid openness, clearness of mind: all this shall be"
• "Close with it, wrestle it: sheer obstinate toughness of muscle; but much more, what we call toughness of heart, which will mean persistance hopeful and even desperate, unsubduable patience, composed candid openness, clearness of mind: all this shall be 'strength' in wrestling your dragon; the whole man's real strength is in this work, we shall get the measure of him here."