STABILITY
Source: 560, 566, 567
STABILITY. → OF CHARACTER Ps 57:7; 108:1; 112:7; Mt 10:22; 24:13; Mr 4:20; 1Co 7:20; 15:58; 2Th 2:15; 3:3; Heb 10:23; 13:9; Jas 1:23-25; Re 22:11
* See CHARACTER
* See DECISION
* See PERSEVERANCE
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stability|stableness. Stability, or Stableness, n. firmness, constancy
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Sta‐bil″i‐ty (stȧ‐bĭl″ĭ‐ty̆), n. [[L. stabilitas: cf. F. stabilité. See Stable, a.]] 1. 1. The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; stableness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution.
2. 2. Steadiness or firmness of character; firmness of resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of unusual stability.
3. 3. Fixedness; — as opposed to fluidity.
Since fluidness and stability are contrary qualities. Boyle. Syn. — Steadiness; stableness; constancy; immovability; firmness.