It's often faced with resolution (3,4)

I believe the answer is:

new year

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'resolution' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for new year that I've seen before include "Time for resolutions?" , "Time of Epiphany" , "It's a week after Christmas" , "eg 2002" , "different diary now?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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