abidance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: abidance	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for abidance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abidance n acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" Synonym(s): conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance Antonym(s): disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity the act of dwelling in a place Synonym(s): residency, residence, abidance the act of abiding (enduring without yielding)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abidance \Abid"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.