Permanence

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Permanence \Per"ma*nence\, Permanency \Per"ma*nen*cy\, n. [Cf.
     F. permanence.]
     The quality or state of being permanent; continuance in the
     same state or place; duration; fixedness; as, the permanence
     of institutions; the permanence of nature.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  permanence
       n : the property of being able to exist for an indefinite
           duration [syn: {permanency}] [ant: {impermanence}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  111 Moby Thesaurus words for "permanence":
     abidingness, age, antiquity, application, assiduity, assiduousness,
     bulldog tenacity, ceaselessness, changelessness, coeternity,
     concentration, constancy, continualness, continuance,
     defeat of time, defiance of time, dependability, diligence,
     diuturnity, dogged perseverance, doggedness, durability,
     durableness, duration, endlessness, endurance, engrossment,
     eternalness, eternity, ever-duringness, everlastingness, everness,
     fidelity, fixedness, foreverness, immutability, incessancy,
     incommutability, indefatigability, indefeasibility,
     indestructibility, industriousness, industry, inertness,
     infinite duration, infinity, insistence, insistency,
     interminability, intransmutability, irretrievability,
     irreversibility, irrevocability, lastingness, long standing,
     long-lastingness, long-livedness, longevity, loyalty, maintenance,
     never-endingness, obstinacy, patience, patience of Job,
     perdurability, perennation, perenniality, perennialness,
     permanency, perpetualness, perpetuity, perseverance, persistence,
     persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, plodding, plugging,
     preoccupation, relentlessness, reliability, resolution, sedulity,
     sedulousness, sempiternity, single-mindedness,
     singleness of purpose, slogging, stability, stamina, standing,
     staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness,
     stubbornness, survival, survivance, tenaciousness, tenacity,
     timelessness, tirelessness, unalterability, unceasingness,
     unchangeability, unchangeableness, unmodifiability,
     unremittingness, unrestorableness, unreturnableness,
     unswerving attention