Abidance

  

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Abidance

Definitions: Abidance

Abidance

Noun

1. Acting according to certain accepted standards.

2. The act of dwelling in a place.

3. The act of abiding (enduring without yielding).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Abidance

Synonyms: compliance (n), conformation (n), conformity (n), residence (n), residency (n). (additional references)
Antonyms: disobedience (n), nonconformity (n). (additional references)

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Expressions: Abidance

Expressions using "abidance": abidance at abidance by abidance by rules. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Abidance

Language Translations for "abidance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

afwagting (expectation). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

nënshtrim (conformity, conquest, enslavement, humility, subdual, subjection, subjugation, submission, subordination, yielding). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съблюдаване (keeping, observation), спазване (adherence, adhesion, keeping, observation), престой (continuance, dead time, downtime, idle time, lay over, outage, residence, stay, stopover), пребиваване (residence, stay). (various references)

   

Czech

  

setrvávání. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

afwachting (expectation). (various references)

   

French

  

respect, demeure (abode). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

ôfwachting (expectation). (various references)

   

German

  

Aufenhalt. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συνέχιση (continuance, continuation, prosecution, resume), συμμόρφωση (compliance, conformance, conformation, conformity, enforcement), παραμονή (eve, stay). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ישיב" (dwelling, occupation, residence, settlement, sitting), לי " (lodging, staying the night). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tartózkodás (abstention, abstinence, aloofness, being, constraint, coyness, discretion, dwell, dwelling, residence, residency, restraint, reticence, self-restraint, shyness, sojourn, standoff, stay, staying, stopover). (various references)

   

Italian

  

osservanza (observance). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abidanceay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

permanência (abiding, fixer, permanence, permanency, stay). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

rãmânere (abode, continuance, remaining), continuare (continuance, continuation, prosecution, sequel). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

соблюдение (keeping, observance). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pridržavanje, prebivanje. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

acatamiento (observance, respectfulness, reverence), tolerancia, conformismo, permanencia (abiding, permanence, permanency, residence, residency, sojourn, tenure), fidelidad (allegiance, caninity, consistency, faithfulness, fidelity, reliability, troth, trust, trustworthiness), continuidad (continuity), conformidad (accordance, acquiescence, adherence, adhesion to an existing contract, agreement, compliance, conformity, rapport, resignation), concordancia (agreement, concord, concordance, leave, matching, sequence). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

avvaktan (awaiting). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

підпорядкування (conformity), проживання (residence, residency), перебування (being, biding, postposition, stay), дотримання, додержання. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự tuân theo (conformity, obedience, observance), sự tôn trọng (respect), sự kéo d i (prolongation). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Abidance

Derivations

Words beginning with "abidance": abidances. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Abidance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abalance, Abidine, abitante, abudance, Badance, Byzance. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Abidance"

Words rhyming with "abidance" (pronounced 'A*bid"ance'): Abearance, Abeyance, Abodance, Acceptance, Accordance, Achievance, Acquaintance, Admirance, Affirmance, Aggrievance, Aidance, Allegeance, Allurance, Annoyance, Appearance, Appendance, Appliance, Approvance, Arrivance, Assistance, Attendance, Avengeance, Avoidance, Avowance, Boastance, Buoyance, Chievance, Clairvoyance, Clearance, Coinsurance, Compliance, Comportance, Concordance, Conductance, Confirmance, Conformance, Connivance, Contrivance, Conveyance, Defailance, Defiance, Demeanance, Deniance, Desistance, Disacquaintance, Disaffirmance, Disagreeance, Disallowance, Disappearance, Disavowance, Discernance, Discompliance, Displeasance, Dispurveyance, Disturbance, Doubtance, Durance, Endurance, Entreatance, Failance, forbearance, grievance, guidance, Impartance, impedance, Inacquaintance, Incompliance, Indisturbance, Indurance, Inobservance, Inquirance, INSURANCE, Intreatance, Irrepentance, Irresistance, Manurance, misalliance, Misguidance, Mountance, Noiance, Nonacceptance, Nonacquaintance, Nonappearance, Nonattendance, Noncompliance, Nonobservance, Nonperformance, Nonregardance, Nonresistance, Nonusance, Observance, Outbalance, Perceivance, Performance, Perseverance, Perturbance, Pleasance, Plesance, Pourveyance, Preacquaintance, Preassurance, Pursuance, Purveyance, reactance, Realliance, reappearance, reassurance, Reconveyance, Recordance, reinsurance, Reliance, repentance, Reposance, Representance, Reservance, resistance, Resultance, Revengeance, self-reliance, Sorance, Sortance, Stintance, Supportance, Surance, Surceaseance, Surveyance, Tendance, Transportance, Unacquaintance, Unobservance, Unrepentance, Unresistance, Upbuoyance, usance, Vengeance, Voidance, Wieldance, Yieldance. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Abidance

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-e-i-n"

-1 letter: cabined.

-2 letters: acedia, indaba.

-3 letters: abaci, abide, acned, aecia, baaed, baned, cabin, caned, canid, cebid, ceiba, dance, naiad, nicad.

-4 letters: abed, aced, acid, acne, aide, bade, band, bane, bani, bead, bean, bend, bice, bide, bind, bine, cade, cadi, caid, cain, cane, cedi, cine, dace, dean, deni, dice, dine, iced, idea, nabe, nada, nice, nide.

-5 letters: aba, ace, aid, ain, ana, and, ane, ani, baa, bad, ban, bed, ben, bid, bin, cab, cad, can, dab, deb, den, dib, die, din, end, ice, nab, nae, neb, nib.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-d-e-i-n"
 

+1 letter: abidances.

 

+2 letters: imbalanced.

 

+3 letters: abecedarian, misbalanced.

 

+4 letters: abecedarians, antidiabetic, backpedaling, cannibalised, cannibalized, crackbrained, ineradicable, ineradicably, unbarricaded, uncalibrated.

 

+5 letters: antidiabetics, backpedalling, chateaubriand, decarbonating, decarbonation, dieffenbachia, rhabdomancies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Abidance


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 62 69 64 61 6E 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -...    ..    -..    .-    -.    -.-.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100010 01101001 01100100 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#98 &#105 &#100 &#97 &#110 &#99 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0062 0069 0064 0061 006E 0063 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3568757067806971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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