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abiding (root: abide)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective abiding has 1 sense
- abiding(s = adj.all) enduring, imperishable - unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
abiding, adj. enduring, permanent (an abiding sense of loss).
Derivative
abidingly adv.
THESAURUS
abiding
age-long, aged, ancient, antique, changeless, chronic, commorant, constant, continuing, continuous, diuturnal, durable, dwelling, enduring, evergreen, firm, fixed, frozen, hardy, immobile, immutable, in residence, indefatigable, intact, intransient, inveterate, inviolate, lasting, living, living in, lodging, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, long-term, longeval, longevous, macrobiotic, never-failing, of long duration, of long standing, perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting, quiescent, remaining, resident, residentiary, residing, rigid, sempervirent, solid, stable, static, stationary, staying, steadfast, steady, sticking, sustained, torpid, tough, unaltered, unceasing, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, undestroyed, undying, unfading, unfailing, unfaltering, unqualified, unquestioning, unremitting, unshifting, unvaried, unvarying, vital, wholehearted
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