In cănstançỹ, *in-con-stance, *in-const a unce, s

[Fr. inc on stance, from Lat. in const an tia, from in const ans inconstant (q.v.); Ital.inc on stanza.] 1. The quality or state of being inconstant; changeablene ; mutability or ficklene of temper; unsteadine , inconsistency. "The imputation of inconstancy which is so frequently thrown on the common people."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. v. 2. Di imilitude, diversity; want of samene or uniformity. 3. Variablene , changeablene , mutability. "Lightne and inconstancy in love."