Cŏn'stan-cy, n.

n. [Lat. constantia, Fr. constance, Pr., Sp., & Pg. constancia, It. costanza.]

1. The quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from change; stability; fixedness; as, the constancy of God in his nature and attributes; the constancy of creation.
2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution; steady, unshaken determination; especially, firmness of mind under sufferings, steadiness in attachments, or perseverance in enterprise; stability.

While thou livest, dear Kate, take a fellow of plain, uncoined constancy: for he, perforce, must do thee right. Shak. Constancy and contempt of danger. Prescott. Syn.—Fixedness; stability; firmness; steadiness; permanence; steadfastness; resolution. See FIXEDNESS.