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constancy
noun
1 constancy
The quality of being enduring and free from change or variation:
— Early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds.
synonym: stability.
Roget 743:
obedience;
observance
etc.
772;
compliance;
submission
etc.
725;
subjection
etc.
749;
nonresistance;
passiveness,
resignation.
allegiance,
loyalty,
fealty,
homage,
deference,
devotion;
constancy,
fidelity.
submissness†,
submissiveness;
ductility
etc.
(softness)
324;
obsequiousness
etc.
(servility)
886.
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Roget 939:
probity,
integrity,
rectitude;
uprightness
etc.
adj.;
honesty,
faith;
honor;
bonne foi [Fr.],
good faith,
bona fides [Lat.];
purity,
clean hands.
fairness
etc.
adj.;
fair play,
justice,
equity,
impartiality,
principle,
even-handedness;
grace.
constancy;
faithfulness
etc.
adj.;
fidelity,
loyalty;
incorruption,
incorruptibility.
trustworthiness
etc.
adj.;
truth,
candor,
singleness of heart;
veracity
etc.
543;
tender conscience
etc.
(sense of duty)
926.
punctilio,
delicacy,
nicety;
scrupulosity,
scrupulousness
etc.
adj.;
scruple;
point,
point of honor;
punctuality.
dignity
&c.,
(repute)
873;
respectability,
respectableness
etc.
adj.;
gentilhomme [Fr.],
gentleman;
man of honor,
man of his word;
fidus Achates [Lat.],
preux chevalier [Fr.],
galantuomo [It];
truepenny†,
trump,
brick;
true Briton;
white man [U.S.].
court of honor,
a fair field and no favor;
argumentum ad verecundiam [Lat.].
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Roget 604a:
perseverance;
continuance
etc.
(inaction)
143;
permanence
etc.
(absence of change)
141;
firmness
etc.
(stability)
150.
constancy,
steadiness;
singleness of purpose,
tenacity of purpose;
persistence,
plodding,
patience;
sedulity
etc.
(industry)
682;
pertinacy†,
pertinacity,
pertinaciousness;
iteration
etc.
104;
bottom,
game,
pluck,
stamina,
backbone,
grit;
indefatigability,
indefatigableness;
bulldog courage.
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Roget 150:
stability;
immutability
etc.
adj.;
unchangeability,
etc.
adj.;
unchangeableness†;
constancy;
stable equilibrium,
immobility,
soundness,
vitality,
stabiliment†,
stiffness,
ankylosis†,
solidity,
aplomb.
establishment,
fixture;
rock,
pillar,
tower,
foundation,
leopard's spots,
Ethiopia's skin.
permanence
etc.
141;
obstinacy
etc.
606.
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Roget 136:
frequency,
oftness†,
oftenness†,
commonness;
repetition
etc.
104;
normality
etc.
80;
example
(conformity)
82;
routine,
custom
(habit)
613.
regularity,
uniformity,
constancy,
clock-work precision;
punctuality
etc.
(exactness)
494;
even tenor;
system;
routine
etc.
(custom)
613;
formula;
rule
etc.
(form regulation)
697;
keynote,
standard,
model;
precedent
etc.
(prototype)
22;
conformity
etc.
82.
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Roget 16:
uniformity;
homogeneity,
homogeneousness;
consistency;
connaturality†,
connaturalness†;
homology;
accordance;
conformity
etc.
82;
agreement
etc.
23;
consonance,
uniformness.
regularity,
constancy,
even tenor,
routine;
monotony.
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Dutch: vastberadenheid, vasthoudendheid, beslistheid, bestendigheid, constantheid, volharding, standvastigheid
2 constancy
psychology The tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation.
synonym: perceptual constancy.
3 constancy
Faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity).
Polish: stałość
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