🏠 Staying somewhere 💪 Enduring 📜 Following rules

abidance

9.9

Being patient and continuing without giving up

noun
/əˈbaɪdəns/

Archaic

: perseverancia

She showed admirable abidance in the face of repeated disappointments.

Examples

To succeed in such a harsh environment requires great abidance.
The abidance of the community during hard times is admirable.
His abidance through years of hardship was truly remarkable.
His abidance by the rules impressed everyone.
His abidance through years of hardship demonstrated his strength and resilience.
She exhibited remarkable abidance while waiting for her dreams to come true despite the challenges.
To thrive in such demanding circumstances requires unwavering abidance to one’s principles.

Synonyms

persistence

vsabidance

52 4.1

Continuing to try despite problems or opposition

is about enduring without yielding rather than active task effort

persistency

vsabidance

6.4

Continuing to try and not giving up when things are difficult

focuses on enduring without yielding not on stubborn character

abidingness

vsabidance

7.8

The quality of lasting for a long time

emphasizes enduring action without yielding rather than mere duration

How Enduring

permanence

15 5.5

endurance

77 3.4

abidance

Archaic

9.9

perseverance

42 4.1

persistence

52 4.1

tolerance

160 3.7

Surface Forms

abidance singular

abidances plural

Morphology

abidance = abide (semi-transparent) = abide + ance

Derived from 'abide' in the sense 'to endure' + '-ance'; the endurance sense is related but slightly abstracted, so only partially obvious.

Etymology

Abidance comes from the verb abide, which long ago also meant 'endure' or 'put up with', and is related to the short word bide. So abidance can mean the act of continuing through hard times.