The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; stableness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution. [1913 Webster]
Steadiness or firmness of character; firmness of resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of unusual stability. [1913 Webster]
Fixedness; -- as opposed to fluidity. [1913 Webster]
"Since fluidness and stability are contrary qualities." [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Steadiness; stableness; constancy; immovability; firmness.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

stability, n. the quality or state of being stable.

Etymology

ME f. OF stablet{eacute} f. L stabilitas f. stabilis STABLE(1)

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THESAURUS

stability

abidingness, abnegation, abstinence, accordance, age, antiquity, application, assiduity, assiduousness, authenticity, authoritativeness, body, bulldog tenacity, calculability, calm, calmness, ceaselessness, changelessness, coeternity, cohesion, concentration, concreteness, consecutiveness, conservatism, consistency, consonance, constancy, constant flow, constraint, continence, continualness, continuance, continuity, continuousness, control, cool, correspondence, defeat of time, defiance of time, density, dependability, determination, diligence, dispassion, diuturnity, dogged perseverance, doggedness, durability, durableness, duration, endlessness, endurance, engrossment, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, eternalness, eternity, evenness, ever-duringness, everlastingness, everness, faithworthiness, featurelessness, fidelity, firmness, fixedness, foreverness, frozenness, fullness, gaplessness, gentleness, golden mean, happy medium, hardening, hardness, homogeneity, immobility, immovability, immovableness, immutability, impartiality, incessancy, indefatigability, indestructibility, industriousness, industry, infinite duration, infinity, insistence, insistency, interminability, invariability, invariableness, inveteracy, invincibility, jointlessness, judiciousness, juste-milieu, lastingness, lenity, long standing, long-lastingness, long-livedness, longevity, loyalty, maintenance, mass, materiality, meden agan, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, monolithism, monotony, neutrality, never-endingness, nonviolence, nothing in excess, obstinacy, pacifism, palpability, patience, patience of Job, perdurability, perennation, perenniality, perennialness, permanence, permanency, perpetualness, perpetuity, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, plenitude, plodding, plugging, ponderability, predictability, preoccupation, prudence, quiescence, relentlessness, reliability, repose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, restraint, rigidity, seamlessness, secureness, security, sedulity, sedulousness, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, sempiternity, serenity, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, smoothness, sobriety, solidity, solidness, soundness, stableness, stamina, standing, stasis, staunchness, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, steady state, stick-to-itiveness, stoutness, strength, stubbornness, sturdiness, substance, substantiality, substantialness, successiveness, survival, survivance, tangibility, temper, temperance, temperateness, tenaciousness, tenacity, timelessness, tirelessness, torpor, toughness, tranquillity, trustworthiness, unbrokenness, unceasingness, unchangeability, unchangingness, undifferentiation, unerringness, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, uniformity, unintermittedness, uninterruptedness, uninterruption, unity, unrelievedness, unremittingness, unruffledness, unswerving attention, validity, via media

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ROGET THESAURUS

stability

Permanence

N permanence, stability, quiescence, obstinacy, permanence, persistence, endurance, durability, standing, status quo, maintenance, preservation, conservation, conservation, law of the Medes and Persians, standing dish, stable, persisting, permanent, established, unchanged &c (change), renewed, intact, inviolate, persistent, monotonous, uncheckered, unfailing, undestroyed, unrepealed, unsuppressed, conservative, qualis ab incepto, prescriptive, stationary, in statu quo, for good, finally, at a stand, at a standstill, uti possidetis, without a shadow of turning, esto perpetua, nolumus leges Angliae mutari, j'y suis et j'y ereste.

Stability

N stability, immutability, unchangeability unchangeableness, constancy, stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment, stiffness, ankylosis, solidity, aplomb, establishment, fixture, rock, pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots, Ethiopia's skin, permanence, obstinacy, unchangeable, immutable, unaltered, unalterable, not to be changed, constant, permanent, invariable, undeviating, stable, durable, perennial, fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced, confirmed, valid, fiducial, immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted, settled, established, vested, incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable, tethered, anchored, moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock solid, firm as a rock, firmly seated, firmly established, deep-rooted, ineradicable, inveterate, obstinate, transfixed, stuck fast, aground, high and dry, stranded, stuck, jammed, unremovable, quiescent, deterioration, indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable, incommutable, irresoluble, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless, inextinguishable, irreducible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous, insusceptible, insusceptible of change, Int, stet, littera scripta manet.

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