Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-STA-BIL'I-TY
IN-STA-BIL'I-TY, n. [Fr. instabilité; L. instabilitas, instabilis; in and stabilis, from sto, to stand.]
- Want of stability; want of firmness in purpose; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability of opinion or conduct. Instability is the characteristic of weak minds.
- Changeableness; mutability; as, the instability of laws, plans or measures.
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