-ance
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noun suffixDefinition of -ANCE
1
: action or process <furtherance> : instance of an action or process <performance>
2
: quality or state : instance of a quality or state <protuberance>
3
: amount or degree <conductance>
Origin of -ANCE
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin -antia, from -ant-, -ans -ant + -ia -y
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