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Instability


INSTABIL'ITY, noun [Latin instabilitas, instabilis; in and stabilis, from sto, to stand.

1. Want of stability; want of firmness in purpose; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability of opinion or conduct. instability is the characteristic of weak minds.

2. Changeableness; mutability; as the instability of laws, plans or measures.