con·stan·cy

con·stan·cy
/ˈkɑːnstənsi/ noun [noncount]
formal
1 : the quality of staying the same : lack of change

the constancy of the Earth's rotation

maintaining constancy of speed

2 : the quality of being loyal to a person or belief

There was no doubt of his constancy [=fidelity] to his wife.


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