constancy

constancy
    n 1: the quality of being enduring and free from change or
         variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the
         trade winds" [syn: {constancy}, {stability}] [ant:
         {changefulness}, {inconstancy}]
    2: (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise
       to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide
       variations in the conditions of observation [syn:
       {constancy}, {perceptual constancy}]
    3: faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments
       (especially sexual fidelity)
    

Constancy \Con"stan*cy\, n. [L. constantia: cf. F. constance.
   See {Constant}.]
   1. The state or quality of being constant or steadfast;
      freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability;
      as, the constancy of God in his nature and attributes.
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   2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution;
      especially, firmness of mind under sufferings, steadiness
      in attachments, or perseverance in enterprise; stability;
      fidelity.
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            A fellow of plain uncoined constancy. --Shak.
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            Constancy and contempt of danger.     --Prescott.

   Syn: Fixedness; stability; firmness; steadiness; permanence;
        steadfastness; resolution. See {Firmness}.
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232 Moby Thesaurus words for "constancy":
      abidingness, accordance, adherence, adhesion, age, allegiance,
      antiquity, aplomb, application, assiduity, assiduousness,
      attachment, balance, balanced personality, bona fides, bond,
      bonne foi, bulldog tenacity, calm, ceaselessness, changelessness,
      chattering, clockwork regularity, coeternity, commitment,
      concentration, consecutiveness, consistency, consonance,
      constant flow, continualness, continuance, continuity,
      continuousness, cool, correspondence, daily round, dedication,
      defeat of time, defiance of time, devotedness, devotion, diligence,
      dingdong, diuturnity, dogged perseverance, doggedness, drone,
      durability, durableness, duration, endlessness, endurance,
      engrossment, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, eternalness,
      eternity, even pace, even tenor, evenness, ever-duringness,
      everlastingness, everness, faith, faithfulness, fastness, fealty,
      featurelessness, fidelity, firmness, firmness of mind, fixedness,
      flintiness, foreverness, frozenness, fullness, gaplessness,
      good faith, hardening, homage, homeostasis, homogeneity,
      immobility, immovability, immovableness, immutability,
      imperturbability, incessancy, indefatigability, indestructibility,
      industriousness, industry, infinite duration, infinity,
      inflexibility, insistence, insistency, interminability,
      invariability, invariableness, inveteracy, jointlessness,
      lastingness, long standing, long-lastingness, long-livedness,
      longevity, loyalty, maintenance, methodicalness, monolithism,
      monologue, monotone, monotonousness, monotony, nerve,
      never-endingness, noninterruption, obstinacy, orderliness,
      oscillation, patience, patience of Job, perdurability, perennation,
      perenniality, perennialness, permanence, permanency, perpetualness,
      perpetuity, perseverance, persistence, persistency,
      pertinaciousness, pertinacity, plenitude, plodding, plugging,
      preoccupation, pulsation, punctuality, quick fire, quiescence,
      rapid fire, rapid recurrence, rapid succession, rapidity,
      regularity, relentlessness, reliability, repetition, resolution,
      rigidity, rootedness, sameliness, sameness, sang-froid,
      seamlessness, secureness, security, sedulity, sedulousness,
      sempiternity, settledness, single-mindedness,
      singleness of purpose, singsong, slogging, smoothness, solidity,
      soundness, stability, stable equilibrium, stable state, staccato,
      stamina, standing, stasis, staunchness, staying power,
      steadfastness, steadiness, steady nerves, steady state, steeliness,
      stick-to-itiveness, stubbornness, stuttering, substantiality,
      successiveness, survival, survivance, sustainment,
      systematicalness, tattoo, tenaciousness, tenacity, tie,
      timelessness, tirelessness, torpor, treadmill, tried-and-trueness,
      triedness, troth, true blue, trueness, unbrokenness, unceasingness,
      unchangeability, unchangingness, undeflectability, undeviation,
      undifferentiation, uniformity, unintermission, unintermittedness,
      uninterruptedness, uninterruption, unity, unrelievedness,
      unremittingness, unruffledness, unshakable nerves, unshakableness,
      unswerving attention, unvariation, unyieldingness, vibration