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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

conformity or compliance, a willingness to follow or abide by rules; the action of abiding by something;

e.g. This disciplinary program will only work if we have everyone's abidance.

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Similar Words

Adherence

Compliance

Conformance

Conformity

Continuance

Continuation

Continuity

Duration

Endurance

Keeping

Obedience

Observance

Observation

Permanence

Persistence

Subsistence

Survival

Yielding

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Opposite Words

Abridgment

Avoidance

Brush-off

Challenge

Cop-out

Curtailment

Cutback

Defiance

Delinquency

Dereliction

Disregard

Elusion

Escape

Evasion

Neglect

Offense

Out

Rebellion

Runaround

Shortening

Sin

Wrong

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Related Words

Accession

Acquiescence

Attendance

Attention

Compliance

Deference

Elongation

Extension

Heed

Honor

Notice

Obedience

Permanence

Regard

Respect

Submission

Subordination

Surrender

Survival

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