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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Permanence \Per"ma*nence\, Permanency \Per"ma*nen*cy\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
permanence
noun: the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration [syn: {permanency}] [ant: {impermanence}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "permanence": abidingness, age, antiquity, application, assiduity, assiduousness, bulldog tenacity, ceaselessness, changelessness, coeternity, concentration, constancy, continualness, continuance, defeat of time, defiance of time, dependability, diligence, diuturnity, dogged perseverance, doggedness, durability, durableness, duration, endlessness, endurance, engrossment, eternalness, eternity, ever-duringness, everlastingness, everness, fidelity, fixedness, foreverness, immutability, incessancy, incommutability, indefatigability, indefeasibility, indestructibility, industriousness, industry, inertness, infinite duration, infinity, insistence, insistency, interminability, intransmutability, irretrievability, irreversibility, irrevocability, lastingness, long standing, long-lastingness, long-livedness, longevity, loyalty, maintenance, never-endingness, obstinacy, patience, patience of Job, perdurability, perennation, perenniality, perennialness, permanency, perpetualness, perpetuity, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, plodding, plugging, preoccupation, relentlessness, reliability, resolution, sedulity, sedulousness, sempiternity, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, stability, stamina, standing, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, stubbornness, survival, survivance, tenaciousness, tenacity, timelessness, tirelessness, unalterability, unceasingness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unmodifiability, unremittingness, unrestorableness, unreturnableness, unswerving attention
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