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abidance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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.
Synonyms of abidance

adherence, compliance, conformance, conformity, keeping, obedience, observance, observation
Words Related to abidance

deference, honor, regard, respect, upholding

accession, acquiescence, submission, surrender

attendance, attention, heed, notice
Near Antonyms of abidance

brush-off, disregard, ignoring

delinquency, dereliction, forgetting, neglect, overlooking

challenge, defiance, flouting, rebellion
Antonyms of abidance

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 of abidance

ceaselessness, continuance, continuation, continuity, continuousness, durability, duration, endurance, persistence, subsistence
Words Related to abidance

drawing out, elongation, extension, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, stretching

enduringness, permanence

survival
Near Antonyms of abidance

abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening
Antonyms of abidance

cessation, close, discontinuance, discontinuity, end, ending, expiration, finish, stoppage, surcease, termination

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