hardiness

The quality of being hardy.; The quality of being able to withstand fatigue and hardship; (of a plant) the quality of being resistant to cold or other environmental conditions.countableuncountable

• Kale is known for its winter-hardiness.

The quality of being hardy.; The quality of being bold in the face of risk or authority.countableobsoleteuncountable

• Plentie, and Peace breeds Cowards: Hardneſſe euer / Of Hardineſſe is Mother.
• […] they who were not yet grown to the hardineſs of Avowing the contempt of the King […] would ſooner have been checked, and recovered their Loyalty and Obedience.

Hardship; fatigue.countableobsoleteuncountable

• Yet ſure they are very valiant, and hardy, for the moſt part great Indurers of Cold, Labour, Hunger, and all Hardineſs […]