From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
abidance
n 1: acting according to certain accepted standards [syn:
conformity, conformation, compliance] [ant:
disobedience, nonconformity]
2: the act of dwelling in a place [syn: residency,
residence]
3: the act of abiding (enduring without yielding)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Abidance \A*bid"ance\, n.
The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).
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The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill
of Palestine. --Fuller.
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A judicious abidance by rules. --Helps.
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