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abidance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /əˈbaɪd.n̩s/ (US)
• /əˈbaɪd.n̩ts/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English ābīdan Middle English abiden English abidance From Middle English abiden, from Old English ābīdan (“wait”), from ā + bīdan (“to bide, remain”) + ance. * abide + -ance.

Meanings

1. The act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling.
2. Adherence; compliance; conformity.
   • A judicious abidance by rules, and holding to the results of experience, are good; but not less so, are a judicious setting aside of rules, and a declining to be bound by incomplete experience. 1862, Sir Arthur Helps, Organization in daily life: an essay, page 78:
   • No wonder then, though the Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine (though this I confess, is but the bark of the text), driving that trade wherewith none ever thrived, the breaking of promises; wherewith one may for a way fairly spread his train, but he will moult his feathers soon after. 1840, Thomas Fuller, The history of the holy war, page 262:

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nl nakomen van (compliance) · nl naleving (compliance)