N. stability,
quiescence,
obstinacy,
permanence,
persistence,
endurance,
durability, standing,
status quo, maintenance, preservation,
conservation,
conservation, law of the medes and persians, standing dish
V. let alone, let be, let it be,
persist, remain, stay,
tarry, rest,
stet, hold, hold on, last,
endure,
bide,
abide,
aby, dwell, maintain, keep, stand, stand still, stand fast,
subsist, live, outlive,
survive, hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing, hold good
Adj. stable,
persisting, permanent, established, unchanged &c. (change ), renewed,
intact,
inviolate,
persistent,
monotonous, uncheckered, unfailing, undestroyed,
unrepealed, unsuppressed,
conservative, qualis ab incepto,
prescriptive,
stationary Adv. in statu quo, for good, finally, at a stand, at a standstill,
uti possidetis, without a shadow of turning
Phr. esto perpetua, nolumus leges angliae mutari, j'y suis et j'y ereste
N. stability,
immutability, unchangeability,
&c. adj, unchangeableness|,
constancy, stable equilibrium,
immobility, soundness,
vitality,
stabiliment, stiffness,
ankylosis,
solidity,
aplomb, establishment,
fixture, rock,
pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots, ethiopia's skin,
permanence,
obstinacy V. be firm, stick fast, stand firm, keep firm, remain firm, weather the storm, stay the course, stick to the course, keep the faith, don't give in, don't buckle under, settle, establish,
stablish, ascertain, fix, set,
stabilitate, retain, keep hold, make good, make sure,
fasten, set on its legs,
float,
perpetuate, settle down, strike roots, put down roots, take root, take up one's abode, build one's house on a rock
Adj. unchangeable,
immutable, unaltered, unalterable, not to be changed, constant, permanent, invariable,
undeviating, stable,
durable,
perennial, fixed,
steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced, confirmed,
valid,
fiducial, immovable,
irremovable,
riveted, rooted, settled, established,
vested,
incontrovertible,
stereotyped, indeclinable,
tethered, anchored,
moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock solid, firm as a rock, firmly seated, firmly established, deep-rooted,
ineradicable,
inveterate,
obstinate,
transfixed, stuck fast,
aground, high and dry,
stranded,
stuck,
jammed, unremovable,
quiescent,
deterioration,
indefeasible,
irretrievable,
intransmutable,
incommutable,
irresoluble,
irrevocable,
irreversible, reverseless,
inextinguishable,
irreducible,
indissoluble,
indissolvable,
indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible,
indeciduous,
insusceptible, insusceptible of change
Phr. littera scripta manet, present events
N. inertness, dullness,
inertia, # vis inertiae,
inertion, inactivity,
torpor,
languor,
quiescence,
latency, inaction,
passivity, mental inertness,
sloth,
inexcitability,
irresolution,
obstinacy,
permanence, rare gas,
paraffin, noble metal, unreactivity
Adj. inert, inactive, passive,
torpid,
sluggish, dull, heavy, flat,
slack,
tame, slow,
blunt, unreactive, lifeless, dead, uninfluential,
latent,
dormant,
smoldering, unexerted
Adv. inactively, in suspense, in abeyance
N. perseverance, continuance,
permanence, firmness,
constancy,
steadiness, singleness of purpose, tenacity of purpose,
persistence,
plodding,
patience,
sedulity, pertinacy|,
pertinacity,
pertinaciousness, iteration bottom, game,
pluck,
stamina,
backbone,
grit,
indefatigability,
indefatigableness, bulldog courage
V. persevere,
persist, hold on, hold out, die in the last ditch, be in at the death, stick to, cling to, adhere to, stick to one's text, keep on, keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course, maintain one's ground, go all lengths, go through fire and water, bear up, keep up, hold up,
plod, stick to work, continue, follow up, die in harness, die at one's post
Adj. persevering, constant, steady,
steadfast,
undeviating, unwavering, unfaltering, unswerving,
unflinching, unsleeping,
unflagging,
undrooping, steady as time,
unrelenting,
unintermitting,
unremitting,
plodding,
industrious,
strenuous,
pertinacious,
persisting,
persistent, solid,
sturdy,
staunch,
stanch, true to oneself, unchangeable,
unconquerable,
indomitable, game to the last,
indefatigable,
untiring,
unwearied, never tiring
Adv. through evil report and good report, through thick and thin, through fire and water, per fas et nefas, without fail, sink or swim, at any price, vogue la galere
Phr. never say die, give it the old college try, vestigia nulla retrorsum, aut vincer aut mori, la garde meurt et ne se rend pas, tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre
