Stringency and Constancy

noun

• A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit.
  • synonyms: tightness
• Conscientious attention to rules and details.
  • synonyms: strictness

noun

• The quality of being enduring and free from change or variation.
  • usage: "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds"
  • synonyms: stability
• Psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation.
  • synonyms: perceptual constancy
• Faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity. ).

• (n.) Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution; especially, firmness of mind under sufferings, steadiness in attachments or perseverance in enterprise; stability; fidelity.
• (n.) The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability; as, the constancy of God in his nature and attributes.

• Name Meaning: A variant of Constance used by 16th and 17th century Puritans
• Name Origin: English