permanence

Roget category 141

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#141. [Absence of change.] Permanence

noun

stability etc. 150 — quiescence etc. 265 — obstinacy etc. 606.
permanence, persistence, endurance — durability — standing, status quo — maintenance, preservation, conservation — conservation — law of the Medes and Persians — standing dish.

verb

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.

adjective

stable etc. 150 — persisting etc. v. — permanent — established — unchanged etc. (change) etc. 140 — renewed — intact, inviolate — persistent — monotonous, uncheckered^† — unfailing.
undestroyed, unrepealed, unsuppressed^† — conservative, qualis ab incepto [Lat.] — prescriptive etc. (old) 124 — stationary etc. 265.

adverb

in statu quo [Lat.] — for good, finally — at a stand, at a standstill — uti possidetis [Lat.] — without a shadow of turning.

phrase

esto perpetua [Lat.] — nolumus leges Angliae mutari [Lat.] — j'y suis et j'y ereste [Fr.].

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