The condition of being unstable; instability. Of conditions, life, etc.

The action of the verb, in various senses.

The quality of being uncertain in respect of duration, continuance, occurrence, etc.; liability to chance or accident. Also, the quality of being…

Frailty, fickleness; insecurity, uncertainty.

A state of uncertainty or instability.

The quality of being unstable; lack of stability in regard to position, condition, or moral qualities; want of steadiness, fixity, or firmness of…

The quality of being brittle or easily broken; fragility; weakness. Cf. brickle, adj.

The fact or quality of being variable, inconstant, or fickle; (also) capacity to be changed.

The fact or quality of being variable, inconstant, or fickle.

Capacity for turning or changing; changeableness, inconstancy, mutability.

Liability or tendency to change.

The quality of being variable or changeable; tendency or liability to vary. Of things.

Mutability of things: = inconstancy, n. 2.

Changeableness, fickleness; inconstancy of character; an instance or the result of this. Obsolete.

Changeableness, inconstancy, variableness.

Tendency to change; fickleness; change of purpose or plans. Obsolete.

= inconstancy, n. 2.

The ability or tendency to change easily or quickly; changeableness, instability; fickleness. Now chiefly literary.

(un-, prefix1 affix 6.)

The fact of change or mutation taking place in a particular thing or within a certain sphere; the uncertain changing or mutability of something.

Changeableness, inconstancy, variability. Obsolete.

Of things or events: Mutability, variability; irregularity; absence of uniformity.

Instability, uncertainty.

= alterability, n.

the state or quality of being bottomless.

gen. Changeability, mutability; slipperiness, instability.

Brittleness, frailty.

Tendency to fluctuation.

The quality or condition of being fugitive (see the adjective).

Ability to be altered; changeability.

Changeableness, mutability. Obsolete. rare.

Mutability; changeableness.

The quality of being frail; liability to be broken or destroyed, fragility; lack of permanence; weakness, physical or mental; moral weakness…

instability, volatility.

Aptness or readiness to be changed or turned (round).

The quality of being plastic; spec. the ability to be easily moulded or to undergo a permanent change in shape. Also figurative.

The fact or quality of being variable in some respect; tendency towards, capacity for, variation or change.

(un-, prefix1 affix 6.)

the quality of being fluctuable.

The state or quality of being changeful, varying, or inconstant.

The quality or condition of being unsettled.

Diversity of nature or character; variety of application, etc.

the performance of a harlequin; action characteristic of a harlequin.

figurative and of non-physical things.

Fitful condition or quality.

With reference to a measuring instrument, substance, etc.: the quality or state of being readily affected by physical stimuli or external forces…

The quality of being insubstantial; unsubstantiality.

The quality or condition of being contingent. The quality or condition of being subject to chance and change, or of being at the mercy of accidents.

= fickleness, n. 2.

Changeability; variance.

the condition of being impredicable.

capacity for change, variability, unpredictability.