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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Insistence

/ĭnˌ-sĭs'-təns/ · In·sist·ence · IPA /ɪnˈsɪstəns/
01 n. The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.
  1. 1.
    The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.