as in anticipation
the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence gave them the painting, with no expectance of anything in return

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Recent Examples of expectance Giannina Altuve posted video of the family celebrating the expectance of their second child on Sunday afternoon. Houston Chronicle, 11 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expectance
Noun
  • San Francisco hitters made harder contact in the fifth, but everything found a glove as anticipation began to build about a potential perfect game.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 10 May 2025
  • The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860–1920 by Manisha Sinha Andrew Delbanco The Connoisseur of Desire F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great theme of erotic anticipation is never more alive than in the longings of Jay Gatsby.
    Rachel Nolan, The New York Review of Books, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • The University of Michigan’s sentiment index dropped to 50.8 in May, with inflation expectations ticking higher.
    John Buckingham, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • What are the expectations for Shedeur Sanders in Cleveland?
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Additionally, expectancy violation theory, as highlighted in the study, explains this cycle.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • A dog's life expectancy will depend on the underlying cause and the duration, and severity of the disease.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025

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“Expectance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expectance. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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