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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | continuity |
| Synonyms: | dependability, durability, immutability, permanency, perpetuation, stability |
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| Concept: | [Absence of change.] Permanence. |
| Category: | 1. SIMPLE CHANGE |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
stability; quiescence; obstinacy., permanence, persistence, endurance; durability; standing, status quo; maintenance, preservation, conservation; conservation; law of the Medes and Persians; standing dish.
-verbs
let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet [copy editing]; hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby, dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good.
-adjectives
stable; persisting; permanent; established; unchanged (change [more]); renewed; intact, inviolate; persistent; monotonous, uncheckered; unfailing., undestroyed, unrepealed, unsuppressed; conservative, qualis ab incepto; prescriptive (old); stationary.
-adverbs
in statu quo; for good, finally; at a stand, at a standstill; uti possidetis; without a shadow of turning.
-phrases
esto perpetua ["Let (it) be perpetual" (Latin)]; nolumus leges Angliae mutari ["We do not wish the laws of England to be changed" (Latin)]; j'y suis et j'y reste ["I am here and here I remain" (French)].
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| Antonyms: | change |
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| Main Entry: | constancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixedness |
| Synonyms: | abidingness, adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, certainty, decision, dependability, determination, devotedness, devotion, doggedness, eagerness, earnestness, endurance, faith, fealty, fidelity, firmness, honesty, honor, integrity, love, loyalty, permanence, perseverance, principle, regularity, resolution, stability, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, surety, tenacity, trustiness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, unchangeableness, unfailingness, uniformity, zeal |
| Antonyms: | change, changeableness, fluctuation, inconstancy, instability, irregularity, unsteadiness |
| Main Entry: | continuance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duration |
| Synonyms: | constancy, continuation, endurance, extension, guts*, longevity, period, permanence, perpetuation, protraction, run, survival, term, vitality |
| Antonyms: | arrest, end, ending, finish, hindrance, obstruction, stop, stoppage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | durability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sturdiness over time |
| Synonyms: | backbone, constancy, durableness, endurance, grit, guts*, gutsiness, hard as nails, heart*, imperishability, intestinal fortitude, lastingness, moxie*, permanence, persistence, stamina, starch, staying power, stick-to-itiveness |
| Antonyms: | impermanency, poorness, unreliability, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | continuity, lastingness |
| Synonyms: | continuance, continuation, durability, duration, immutability, longevity, permanence, persistence, stability |
| Antonyms: | end, fleetingness |
| Main Entry: | existence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | life |
| Synonyms: | actuality, animation, being, breath, continuance, continuation, duration, endurance, entity, essence, hand one is dealt, individuality, journey, lifing, permanence, perseverance, presence, rat race, real world, reality, something, subsistence, survival, the big game, world |
| Antonyms: | death, inanimateness |
| Main Entry: | fact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verifiable truth; reality |
| Synonyms: | actuality, appearance, authenticity, basis, bottom line, brass tacks, case, certainty, certitude, concrete happening, dope*, evidence, experience, genuineness, gospel, gospel truth, how it is, intelligence, law, like it is, matter*, naked truth, palpability, permanence, scene, scripture, solidity, stability, substantiality, verity, what's what |
| Antonyms: | fabrication, lie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resistance of some degree |
| Synonyms: | adherence, aplomb, assurance, backbone, balance, cohesion, constancy, dependability, determination, durability, endurance, establishment, firmness, immobility, immovability, maturity, permanence, perseverance, resoluteness, security, solidity, solidness, soundness, stableness, steadfastness, steadiness, strength, substantiality, support, toughness |
| Antonyms: | insecurity, instability, unsteadiness, variability, wavering |
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