abidance

abidance

English

Etymology

From Middle English abiden, from Old English ābīdan (“wait”),[1] from ā + bīdan (“to bide, remain”)[2][3] + ance.

• abide +‎ -ance[4].

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbaɪd.n̩s/, /əˈbaɪd.n̩ts/

Noun

abidance (plural abidances)

1. The act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling. [Early 17^th century.][5]
2. Adherence; compliance; conformity. [Early 19^th century.][5]
   • 1840, Thomas Fuller, The history of the holy war‎, page 262:

     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.

   • 1862, Sir Arthur Helps, Organization in daily life: an essay‎, page 78:

     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.

Translations

compliance

Dutch: naleving (nl) m, nakomen van n,

Yupiltepeque: ülin'härvõĵ

References

1. “abidance” in Christine A. Lindberg, editor, The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, 2002, →ISBN, page 2.
2. “abidance” in William Morris, editor, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1971 [1969], OCLC 299754516, page 3.
3. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3
4. Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 3
5. “abidance” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.