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Webster 1913 Edition
Constancy
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 attributes2.
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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constancy
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Syn. – Fixedness; stability; firmness; steadiness; permanence; steadfastness; resolution. See
Firmness
. Webster 1828 Edition
Constancy
CONSTANCY
,Noun.
1.
Fixedness; a standing firm; hence, applied to God or his works, immutability; unalterable continuance; a permanent state.2.
Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution; steady, unshaken determination; particularly applicable to firmness of mind under sufferings, to steadiness in attachments, and to perseverence in enterprise. Lasting affection; stability in love or friendship.3.
Certainty; veracity; reality.Definition 2024
constancy
constancy
English
Noun
constancy (plural constancies)
- (uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act II, Scene 2,
- A little water clears us of this deed: / How easy is it, then! Your constancy / Hath left you unattended.
- 1814, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Chapter 34,
- I do not know that I should be fond of preaching often; now and then, perhaps once or twice in the spring, after being anxiously expected for half a dozen Sundays together; but not for a constancy; it would not do for a constancy.
- 1871, Charles Darwin, Descent of Man, chapter 7 "On the Races of Man,"
- Constancy of character is what is chiefly valued and sought for by naturalists.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act II, Scene 2,
- (countable) An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, act 1, scene 2,
- younger spirits . . .
- whose constancies
- Expire before their fashions.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, act 1, scene 2,
Related terms
Translations
The quality of being constant
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An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing
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References
- “constancy” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- constancy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “constancy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.