fastness








noun

  1. a secure or fortified place; stronghold: a mountain fastness.
  2. the state of being fixed or firm: the fastness of democratic institutions.
  3. the state of being rapid.

noun

  1. a stronghold; fortress
  2. the state or quality of being firm or secure
  3. the ability of a dye to remain permanent and not run or fade
  4. archaic swiftness
n.

“a place not easily forced, a stronghold,” late Old English fæstnes, from fast (adj.) in its older sense of “firm, fixed in place” + -ness.

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