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abidance
abidance
noun
Definition of ABIDANCE
1
the following of a custom, rule, or law <the FDA requires strict abidance by food manufacturers of its definitions for certain terms used on product labels>
Related Words deference, honor, regard, respect, upholding; accession, acquiescence, submission, surrender; attendance, attention, heed, notice
Near Antonyms brush-off, disregard, ignoring; delinquency, dereliction, forgetting, neglect, overlooking; offense (or offence), sin, wrong; challenge, defiance, flouting, rebellion
Antonyms breach, contravention, infraction, infringement, nonobservance, transgression, trespass, violation
2
uninterrupted or lasting existence <the reassuring abidance of their friendship through times both good and bad>
Synonyms abidance, ceaselessness, continuance, continuity, continuousness, durability, duration, endurance, persistence, subsistence
Related Words drawing out, elongation, extension, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, stretching; enduringness, permanence; survival
Antonyms cessation, close, discontinuance, discontinuity, end, ending, expiration, finish, stoppage, surcease, termination
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