(n.) The quality of being conservative.

abnegation abstinence backwardness calm calmness conservativeness constraint continence control cool dispassion evenness fogyism gentleness golden mean happy medium impartiality judiciousness juste-milieu laissez-faireism lenity meden agan middle way mildness moderateness moderation moderationism neutrality nonviolence nothing in excess old school tie old-fashionedness pacifism political conservatism prudence repose resistance to change restraint rightism self-abnegation self-control self-denial self-restraint serenity sobriety stability standpattism steadiness temperance temperateness tranquillity ultraconservatism unexcessiveness unextravagance unextremeness unprogressiveness via media