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^[1], 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^[2], 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

^ Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “abidance”, in The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, →ISBN, page 2.
^ William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “abidance”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, 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
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abidance”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.