permanence
Roget category 141
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.7. Change
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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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