Entry Word: constancy

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the state of continuing without change <the mistaken notion that there is constancy in language—words do indeed change their meanings over time>

Synonyms changelessness, fixedness, immutability, invariability, stability, steadiness, unchangeableness

Related Words consistency, regularity, sameness, uniformity; durability, lastingness, permanence

Near Antonyms inconsistency, irregularity, unevenness; evanescence, impermanence

Antonyms changeability, changeableness, instability, mutability, unsteadiness, variability

2 adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty <soldiers serving with constancy and devotion> — see fidelity