Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abidance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abidance \A*bid"ance\, n.
The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).
The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill
of Palestine. --Fuller.
A judicious abidance by rules. --Helps.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abidance
n 1: acting according to certain accepted standards [syn: {conformity},
{conformation}, {compliance}] [ant: {disobedience}, {nonconformity}]
2: the act of dwelling in a place [syn: {residency}, {residence}]
3: the act of abiding (enduring without yielding)
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