determination

n

1. decision, solution, adjudication, adjudgment, arbitrament, arbitration.

2. ascertainment, verification, finding, learning; establishment, confirmation; discovery, uncovering, unearthing.

3. settlement, verdict, judgment, opinion, decree; diagnosis, prognosis; upshot, conclusion, result, final issue, end, outcome.

4. firmness, resoluteness, steadfastness, tenacity; resolve, fortitude, will power, will; mettle, backbone, courage, grit, nerve, boldness; spunk, pluck, stamina, spirit, zeal, ardor; drive, push, persistence, pertinacity, perseverance, doggedness; stability, steadiness, constancy; indomitability, obduracy, intransigence; obstinacy, stubborness, pigheadedness.

5. intention, purpose, reason, motive, basis, ground, rationale; design, project, plan, purport, intentionali-ty, ulterior motive; wherefore, Fr. raison d'etre. reason why, the why and wherefore.

6. direction, aim, end, goal, mark, objective; propensity, tendency, proclivity, leaning; bent, drift, bearing, course, tenor, tack.