New Year's resolution

English 2019 January 1 Pronunciation en /ˈnjuː jɪəz ˌɹɛzəˈluːʃ(ə)n/ RP en /ˈn(j)u jɪɹz ˌɹɛzəˈl(j)uʃ(ə)n/ GA en en-au-New Year's resolution.ogg AU en New Year's re so lu tion Noun New Year's resolution thumb|Two early 20th-century postcards bearing New Year’s resolutions en Q2155091 A vow that one makes on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day for the coming year. en He made a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking. en Seth Coleman Journal Memoirs of Doctor Seth Coleman, A.M. of Amherst, (Mass.)Containing I. A Biographical Sketch of His Life and Character. II. Extracts from His Journal, Taken by Himself. III. His Letters upon Religious Subjects. IV. His Farewell Address to His Children. V. Sermon Delivered at His Funeral, by the Rev. Nathan Perkins. New Haven, Conn. Printed by Flagg & Gray,at the Herald Office, State-street. 26 February 1762 1817 99 https://books.google.com/books?id=71UDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA99 505982692 Felt that I had reason, from the stupidity of my heart, to fear that my New-Year's resolutions were made too much in my own strength. en [Elizabeth Missing Sewell] XXXIV [William Sewell] Margaret Percival in America: A Tale.Edited by a New England Minister, A.B. Being a Sequel to Margaret Percival. A Tale. Edited by Rev. William Sewell, B.A. 2nd Boston, Mass. Phillips, Sampson & Company 1850 245 https://books.google.com/books?id=j88sAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA245 503698847 If you direct me, on your authority as a priest of our Church, to renounce these acquaintances as dangerous, and to put by all the books of Dissenters, I am here, ready, from this moment, to obey. It shall be my New Year's resolution. en E[dwin] H[ubbell] Chapin The Book of Human Life Providence and Life: Select Sermons Preached in the Broadway Church, New York Cincinnati, Oh. Williamson & Cantwell, publishers 1869 257 https://books.google.com/books?id=uhCU1zQkZD8C&pg=PA257 2676132 Young man—young woman! There [the "book of human character"] is the journal of your daily life; there is the remembrancer that records no compliments, no flatteries, only the plain honest truth; blotted it may be with passages of sin and shame, and let us hope here and there with penitent tears; dedicated, let us pray, for its future pages, with a new year's resolution that shall be answered and blessed in the record. en George P[utnam] Upton The New Year Letters of Peregrine Pickle Chicago, Ill. The Western News Company,121 and 123 State Street. 1869 78 https://books.google.com/books?id=EydFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA78 6348618 I never saw but one person who succeeded in keeping a New Year's resolution, and he had pined away so rapidly in his physical and grown so abnormally in his moral man, that it was really painful to look at him. en w:Benjamin Ide Wheeler The Things Worth While for a People https://books.google.com/books?id=eyEQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP32 Proceedings at the Opening of the Seattle Public Library Building: December 19, 1906: The Gift of Andrew Carnegie [Seattle, Wash.] The Ivy Press 19 December 1906 1907 7376118 The public library is safely and surely a blessing to the community. It drives out the dram-shops faster than New Year's resolutions. It is the friend of good manners, clean homes, and sweet reasonableness. en In Other Departments Al C. Joy San Joaquin Power Magazine Fresno, Calif. San Joaquin Light & Power Corporation December 1925 VII 12 23 https://books.google.com/books?id=c5kPAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA11-PA23 1 22413218 The railway department made one unanimous New Year's resolution,—"To work for a reduction of accidents, an improvement in service and an increase in revenue." en William D. Crump Resolutions Encyclopedia of New Year’s Holidays Worldwide Jefferson, N.C. w:McFarland & Company 2008 207 https://books.google.com/books?id=cDTfCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA207 2 978-0-7864-3393-3 In a broad sense, New Year's resolutions have accompanied the world's cultures and civilizations for millennia. As far back as ancient Mesopotamia, people were resolved to set their affairs in order, clean their homes, return borrowed items, settle debts, and mend broken relationships before the turn of each year. The Puritans of Great Britain, a radical group of Christians born from the Protestant Reformation, have been credited with laying the groundwork for the modern New Year's resolutions in the West. en Leslie [A.] Kelly No More Bad Girls New Year’s Resolution: Romance! Harlequin Anthology Don Mills, Ont. Harlequin Books 2015 chapter 3 165 https://books.google.com/books?id=FjEaBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA165 978-0-373-83808-0 Despite her bad-girl persona, Lex had quickly ferreted out the true Amelia, and he undoubtedly already realized she was the type who would, eventually, want the white picket fence, kids, the whole deal. Despite his New Year's resolution though … would he want all that? en 2022 January 12 Industry Insider Treasury demands cutbacks RAIL 948 68 A 2022 New Year resolution for the industry must be to restore the publication and distribution of timetables. Related terms en new year, new me New Year's Translations vow one makes for the coming year Bulgarian: bg новогоди́шно обеща́ние n Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 新年的決心 xīnnián de juéxīn, cmn 新年的計劃 xīnnián de jìhuà may be translated thus; concept does not exist culturally Danish: da nytårsforsæt n Dutch: nl goede voornemen n Faroese: fo nýggjárslyfti n Finnish: fi uudenvuodenlupaus French: fr bonne résolution f German: de Neujahrsvorsatz m Hungarian: hu újévi fogadalom Icelandic: is áramótaheit n Italian: it buoni propositi m-p Japanese: ja 新年の抱負 しんねんのほうふ, shinnen no hōfu Malay: azam Tahun Baru Maltese: mt ir-riżoluzzjoni tas-sena l-ġdida Norwegian: no nyttårsforsett n Polish: pl postanowienie n, pl postanowienie noworoczne n Russian: ru нового́днее обеща́ние n New Year promise Serbo-Croatian: Latin: sh novogodišnja odluka f Slovak: sk novoročné predsavzatie n Spanish: es propósito de Año Nuevo m Swahili: sw azimio la mwaka mpya Swedish: sv nyårslöfte n Welsh: cy adduned Blwyddyn Newydd m Further reading New Year's resolution en New Year