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resolution
in
Dracula
(Edited)

Glad I made the resolution, gladder that I kept to it.
p. 112.3 *

resolution = firm decision
All the resolution has gone out of his dear eyes, and that quiet dignity which I told you was in his face has vanished.
p. 114.3

resolution = determination (or perhaps clarity)
[Van Helsing] is a philosopher and a metaphysician, and one of the most advanced scientists of his day, and he has, I believe, an absolutely open mind. This, with an iron nerve, a temper of the ice-brook, and indomitable resolution, self-command, and...
p. 122.7

resolution = determination
Only resolution and habit can let me make an entry tonight. I am too miserable, too...
p. 169.4
She looked at me so appealingly, and at the same time manifested such courage and resolution in her bearing, that I gave in at once to her wishes.
p. 238.1 *
That mighty brain and that iron resolution went with him to his grave, and are even now arrayed against us.
p. 256.6
...the shadow of dread seemed to slip from us like a robe, and the occasion of our coming lost something of its grim significance, though we did not slacken a whit in our resolution.
p. 269.7
It took all my courage to hold to the wise resolution of keeping her out of our grim task.
p. 284.7

resolution = decision
I am glad we made our resolution in time, as with such a feeling as this, our growing knowledge would be torture to her.
p. 284.8
I had to give in, for Mina's resolution was fixed.
p. 314.8
Even in his sleep he is intense with resolution.
p. 385.1

resolution = determination

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Definitions:

(1) (resolution as in: a New Year's resolution)
a firm decision to do something
(2) (resolution as in: a United Nations resolution)
a formal statement of decision or opinion voted on by a group

While a resolution typically expresses an opinion and has no legal force, when used in early U.S. history or in the expressions joint resolution of Congress or continuing resolution, it becomes a synonym for legislation (meaning that it carries the force of law).
(3) (resolution as in: Her resolution weakened.)
determination (firmness of purpose)
(4) (resolution as in: resolution of the dispute)
a solution or outcome
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much less commonly, other meanings of resolution include:
- a measure of optic detail -- as in: "The photograph has excellent resolution."
- separation into different parts -- as in: "When force is applied to an inclined plane there is resolution of the force into horizontal and vertical components."
- conversion to something else -- as in: "... resolution of the chord from dissonance (an unstable sound) to consonance (a more stable sound)."
- reduction to or conversion to something else -- as in: "It permits resolution of a URL to an IP address."

resolution in Dracula (Edited)

resolution
in
Dracula
(Edited)