Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class I. Words Expressing Abstract Relations
Section VII. Change
1. Simple Change
141. [Absence of Change.] Permanence.
NOUN:
PERMANENCE, permanency, fixity, persistence, endurance; durableness, durability, lastingness; standing, status quo [L.]; maintenance, preservation, conservation; conservatism; laisser faire [F.], laisser aller [F.]; law of the Medes and Persians; standing dish.
stability [See Stability]; quiescence [See Quiescence]; obstinacy [See Obstinacy].
VERB:
LET ALONE, let be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby or abye [archaic], dwell, maintain, keep; stand, - still, - fast, - pat [colloq.]; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold -, keep- one’s -ground, - footing; hold good.
