Dripping water wears away a stone not with its strength, but with its constancy.
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Constancy
/ˈkɑnstənsi/
Synonyms for "constancy" (264 found)
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Noun(4 words)
abidingnessaccordanceadherenceadhesionageallegianceantiquityaplombapplicationassiduityassiduousnessattachmentbalancebalanced personalitybona fidesbondbonne foibulldog tenacitycalmceaselessness
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changelessnesschatteringclockwork regularitycoeternitycommitmentconcentrationconsecutivenessconsistencyconsonanceconstant flowcontinualnesscontinuancecontinuitycontinuousnesscoolcorrespondencedaily rounddedicationdefeat of timedefiance of timedeterminationdevotednessdevotiondiligencedingdongdiuturnitydogged perseverancedoggedness
Adjective(1 words)
behavioural stability
Strong matches (79)
dronedurabilitydurablenessdurationendlessnessenduranceengrossmentequabilityequanimityequilibriumeternalnesseternityeven paceeven tenorevennessever-duringnesseverlastingnessevernessfaithfaithfulness
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fastnessfealtyfeaturelessnessfidelityfirmnessfirmness of mindfixednessflintinessforevernessfortitudefrozennessfullnessgaplessnessgood faithhardeninghomagehomeostasishomogeneityimmobilityimmovabilityimmovablenessimmutabilityimperturbabilityincessancyindefatigabilityindestructibilityindustriousnessindustryinfinite durationinfinityinflexibilityinsistenceinsistencyinterminabilityinvariabilityinvariablenessinveteracyjointlessnesslastingnesslong standinglong-lastingnesslong-livednesslongevityloyaltymaintenancemethodicalnessmonolithismmonologuemonotonemonotonousnessmonotony
Noun(6 words)
Preposition(1 words)
for all time
Adjective(1 words)
microbial ecosystem stability
Related words (132)
Noun(13 words)
more continuousperceptual constancyreliabilityremain stablestability in evolutionstablenessstaticitystaticnesssteadfastnesssteadinesssteady presenceunchangednessyear-round consistency
nervenever-endingnessnoninterruptionobstinacyorderlinessoscillationpatiencepatience of jobperdurabilityperennationperennialityperennialnesspermanencepermanencyperpetualnessperpetuityperseverancepersistencepersistencypertinaciousness
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pertinacityplenitudeploddingpluggingpreoccupationpulsationpunctualityquick firequiescencerapid firerapid recurrencerapid successionrapidityregularityrelentlessnessreliabilityrepetitionresolutionrigidityrootednesssamelinesssamenesssang-froidseamlessnesssecurenesssecuritysedulitysedulousnessself-controlsempiternitysettlednesssingle-mindednesssingleness of purposesingsongsloggingsmoothnesssoliditysoundnessstabilitystable equilibriumstable statestaccatostaminastandingstasisstaunchnessstaying powersteadfastnesssteadinesssteady nervessteady statesteelinessstick-to-itivenessstubbornnessstutteringsubstantialitysuccessivenesssurvivalsurvivancesustainmentsystematicalnesstattootenaciousnesstenacitytietimelessnesstirelessnesstorportreadmilltried-and-truenesstriednesstrothtrue bluetruenessunbrokennessunceasingnessunchangeabilityunchangingnessundeflectabilityundeviationundifferentiationuniformityunintermissionunintermittednessuninterruptednessuninterruptionunityunrelievednessunremittingnessunrufflednessunshakable nervesunshakablenessunswerving attentionunvariationunyieldingnessvibration
Determiner(1 words)
no trend
Adjective(2 words)
steady characteristicunchanged condition
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9 total sentences available.
To the moon we owe not only beautiful full-moon nights and, sometimes, dark new-moon nights — and so many optical illusions on the horizon, if we believe the moon to be a huge ball in the sky — but also the constancy of our weather, the constancy of solar radiation and the basis of our existence: that for millions of years we have been able to live here in reasonable conditions.
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In Daoism, to not know constancy is a tragedy.
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A little Water cleares vs of this deed. How eaſie is it then? your Conſtancie Hath left you vnattended.
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