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abidance
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun abidance has 3 senses
- abidance(n = noun.act) compliance, conformation, conformity - acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" is a kind of cooperation
- abidance(n = noun.act) residence, residency - the act of dwelling in a place; Array is a kind of act, deed, human action, human activity
- abidance(n = noun.act) Array - the act of abiding (enduring without yielding); Array is a kind of continuance, continuation
has particulars: formality, line, honoring, observance, keeping
has particulars: lodging, occupancy, tenancy
Derived form verb abide1
Derived form verb abide2
CIDE DICTIONARY
abidance, n.
The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with). [1913 Webster]
"The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine."
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"A judicious abidance by rules."
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