permanencies

Things that endure

Permanencies is the plural of permanency, the quality or state of being permanent.

The word appears most often in contexts where multiple lasting arrangements or conditions are being discussed: The committee reviewed the permanencies of various staff positions.

In child welfare, permanencies refers to stable, long-term placements for children in foster care—adoption, reunification, or legal guardianship.

endurance

durability

Resistance to wear

timelessness · eternity · everlastingness · constancy · continuance · indefiniteness · agelessness · lastingness · imperishability · indestructibility

stability

foundation

Underlying support structure

anchorage · immovability · fixedness · groundedness · rootedness · steadiness · security · balance · structure · support

immutability

unchangeability

Inability to be modified

inflexibility · rigidity · unalterability · changelessness · indelibility · inviolability · intransigence · absoluteness · finality

continuity

succession

Following in order

duration · persistence · extension · unfolding · prolongation · protraction · perpetuation · maintenance · preservation · sustenance

reliability

dependability

Consistent trustworthy nature

steadfastness · robustness · resilience · unfailingness · infallibility · sureness · certitude · assuredness · soundness · sturdiness

Opposites
duration/temporal stability

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Lack of lasting duration

temporariness · transience · impermanence · fleetingness · momentariness

fixedness/mutability

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Conditions lacking equilibrium

flux · contingencies · variabilities · fluctuations · volatilities

Family

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