Permanency

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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]:

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