stability.

The tendency to remain in, or return toward, a steady condition despite disturbance.

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Words that belong together

• institutional stability
• stability of a system

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The institution’s stability depended on procedures that survived changes in leadership.

The model predicted stability only within a specified range of disturbances.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: definition, comparison, qualification, causal analysis. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, general research. Commonness: common.