stability

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.

   This platform offers good stability

2. 2
   noun

   The tendency to recover from perturbations.

   emotional stability

3. 3
   noun

   the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation

4. 4
   noun

   the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast

5. 5
   noun

   a stable order (especially of society)

Etymology

From Middle English stabletee, stabilite, from Old French stabilité, from Latin root of stabilitas (“firmness, steadfastness”), from stabilis (“steadfast, firm”). Displaced native Old English staþolfæstnes.