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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Instability \In'sta*bil"i*ty\, noun; pl. {Instabilities}. [L. instabilitas: cf. F. instabilit['e].]
1. The quality or condition of being unstable; lack of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building.
2. Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc. --Addison.
Syn: Inconstancy; fickleness; changeableness; wavering; unsteadiness; unstableness.
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