abidance
- noun
- /əˈbaɪdəns/
- Formal
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cumplimiento
- The students demonstrated their abidance with the school's code of conduct by following all the regulations.
Examples
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If the settlor's overarching concern is with the implementation of her intentions, there are any number of reasons that might ground worry about the abidance of her intentions over time, and accordingly justify the appointment of a protector with a mandate responsive to those reasons.
Academic text (2018) -
The company has strict guidelines to ensure the abidance of safety protocols during the construction process.
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Her abidance by the rules of the game impressed the judges and earned her a higher score.
Synonyms
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5.0
Obeying rules or orders from people in charge
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4.8
A state of behaving and thinking like most people or like rules say
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4.7
Following a law or custom
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3.5
A state of being accurate and matching facts or rules
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7.0
A state of following a rule or standard
1
7.7
Following usual rules and beliefs without asking questions
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6.9
Following accepted customs and usual ways of doing things
The quality of always following rules set by others
A habit of always obeying the law and public rules
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Abidance comes from the verb abide, used in the phrase abide by to mean 'follow' or 'obey'. So abidance is the act of following rules or law.