Earnestness

noun

1. Intentness or zeal in the pursuit of anything; eagerness; strong or eager desire; energetic striving: as, to seek or ask with earnestness; to engage in a work with earnestness.
2. Anxious care; solicitude; strength of feeling; seriousness: as, a man of great earnestness; the charge was maintained with much earnestness.
3. Synonyms 1. Zeal, Enthusiasm, etc. See eagerness.
4. The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.
5. The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.