abidance

English

From Middle English abiden, from Old English ābīdan (“wait”),[1] from ā + bīdan (“to bide, remain”)[2][3] + ance.

abidance (plural abidances)

The act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling. [Early 17^th century.][5]
Adherence; compliance; conformity. [Early 19^th century.][5]
- 1840, Thomas Fuller, The history of the holy war‎, page 262:
  No wonder then, though the Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine (though this I confess, is but the bark of the text), driving that trade wherewith none ever thrived, the breaking of promises; wherewith one may for a way fairly spread his train, but he will moult his feathers soon after.
- 1862, Sir Arthur Helps, Organization in daily life: an essay‎, page 78:
  A judicious abidance by rules, and holding to the results of experience, are good; but not less so, are a judicious setting aside of rules, and a declining to be bound by incomplete experience.

compliance

“abidance” in Christine A. Lindberg, editor, The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, 2002, →ISBN, page 2.
“abidance” in William Morris, editor, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1971 [1969], OCLC 299754516, page 3.
Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3
Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 3
“abidance” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.

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