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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

offense (or offence), sin, wrong

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

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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