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unswerving

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swerve

  [swurv] ,verb, swerved, swerv⋅ing, noun
Use unswerving in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
–verb (used with object)
2. to cause to turn aside: Nothing could swerve him.
–noun
3. an act of swerving; turning aside.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME swerven (v.); OE sweorfan to rub, file; c. D zwerven to rove, OHG swerban, ON sverfa to file, Goth afswairban to wipe off

Synonyms:
1. See deviate.
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un·swerv·ing   (ŭn-swûr'vĭng)   
adj.  

  1. Not veering or turning aside: "a path . . . so straight and unswerving" (Mary Wilkins Freeman).

  2. Constant; steady: unswerving allegiance; unswerving devotion.

un·swerv'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

swerve 
c.1225, "to depart, make off;" c.1330, "to turn aside, deviate from a straight course," probably from O.E. sweorfan "to rub, scour, file" (but sense development is difficult to trace), from P.Gmc. *swerbanan (cf O.N. sverfa "to scour, file," O.S. swebran "to wipe off"), from PIE base *swerbh-. Cognate words in other Gmc. languages (cf. O.Fris. swerva "to creep," M.Du. swerven "to rove, stray") suggests the sense of "go off, turn aside" may have existed in O.E., though unrecorded. The noun is recorded from 1741.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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