Word of the Day:
abidance
What It Means
The act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling.
Adherence; compliance; conformity.
Abidance in Context
“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.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English abiden, from Old English ābīdan (“wait”), from ā + bīdan (“to bide, remain”) + ance. * abide + -ance.
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