insistence
/ɪnˈsɪs.təns/ noun C1- The state of being insistent.
- An urgent demand.
- The forcing of an attack through the parry, using strength.
Plural insistences
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Dodd,' said he, 'would take offence at your infernal pertinacity and would think that this insistence had reached the point of damned impertinence.'
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