'Constancy' definitions:
Definition of 'constancy'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
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 [syn: constancy, perceptual constancy]
noun
Faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity)
Definition of 'Constancy'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution; especially, firmness of mind under sufferings, steadiness in attachments, or perseverance in enterprise; stability; fidelity. [1913 Webster]
- A fellow of plain uncoined constancy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Constancy and contempt of danger. --Prescott.
- Syn: Fixedness; stability; firmness; steadiness; permanence; steadfastness; resolution. See Firmness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'constancy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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