'Permanence' definitions:
Definition of 'permanence'
From: WordNet
noun
The property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration [syn: permanence, permanency] [ant: impermanence, impermanency]
Definition of 'Permanence'
From: GCIDE
- Permanence \Per"ma*nence\, Permanency \Per"ma*nen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. permanence.] The quality or state of being permanent; continuance in the same state or place; duration; fixedness; as, the permanence of institutions; the permanence of nature. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'permanence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abidingness,
- age,
- antiquity,
- application,
- assiduity,
- assiduousness,
- bulldog tenacity,
- ceaselessness,
- changelessness,
- coeternity,
- concentration,
- constancy,
- continualness,
- continuance,
- defeat of time,
- defiance of time,
- dependability,
- diligence,
- diuturnity,
- dogged perseverance,
- doggedness,
- durability,
- durableness,
- duration,
- endlessness,
- endurance,
- engrossment,
- eternalness,
- eternity,
- ever-duringness,
- everlastingness,
- everness,
- fidelity,
- fixedness,
- foreverness,
- immutability,
- incessancy,
- incommutability,
- indefatigability,
- indefeasibility,
- indestructibility,
- industriousness,
- industry,
- inertness,
- infinite duration,
- infinity,
- insistence,
- insistency,
- interminability,
- intransmutability,
- irretrievability,
- irreversibility,
- irrevocability,
- lastingness,
- long standing,
- long-lastingness,
- long-livedness,
- longevity,
- loyalty,
- maintenance,
- never-endingness,
- obstinacy,
- patience,
- patience of Job,
- perdurability,
- perennation,
- perenniality,
- perennialness,
- permanency,
- perpetualness,
- perpetuity,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- preoccupation,
- relentlessness,
- reliability,
- resolution,
- sedulity,
- sedulousness,
- sempiternity,
- single-mindedness,
- singleness of purpose,
- slogging,
- stability,
- stamina,
- standing,
- staying power,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- stubbornness,
- survival,
- survivance,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- timelessness,
- tirelessness,
- unalterability,
- unceasingness,
- unchangeability,
- unchangeableness,
- unmodifiability,
- unremittingness,
- unrestorableness,
- unreturnableness,
- unswerving attention