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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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