constancy

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

noun the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
noun (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
noun faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity)

Borrowed from Latin cōnstantia.

With constancy so modest-- Tell. — McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey
There is more time and constancy required than so. — Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete, Michel de Montaigne
"There is still time for constancy," said Shoepack Sam. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

stability

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