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Stability

//stəˈbɪlɪti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change. countable, uncountable

    "This platform offers good stability"

  2. 2
    the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation wordnet
  3. 3
    The tendency to recover from perturbations. countable, uncountable

    "emotional stability"

  4. 4
    the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast wordnet
  5. 5
    a stable order (especially of society) wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English stabletee, stabilite, from Old French stabilité, from Latin root of stabilitas (“firmness, steadfastness”), from stabilis (“steadfast, firm”). Displaced native Old English staþolfæstnes.

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