STABILITY

constancy, stability

(noun) the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation; “early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds”

stability, stableness

(noun) the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast

stability

(noun) a stable order (especially of society)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

stability (countable and uncountable, plural stabilities)

The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.

Antonym: instability

The tendency to recover from perturbations.

Source: Wiktionary

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Sta*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. stabilitas; cf. F. stabilité. See Stable, a.]

1. The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution.

2. Steadiness or firmness of character, firmness of resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to Ant: fickleness, Ant: irresolution, or Ant: inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of unusual stability.

3. Fixedness; -- as opposed to Ant: fluidity. Since fluidness and stability are contary qualities. Boyle.

Syn.

– Steadiness; stableness; constancy; immovability; firmness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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