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əˈbaɪ dɪŋabid·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. abiding, enduring, imperishableadjective

    unceasing

    "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths"

Wiktionary

  1. abidingadjective

    Continuing or persisting in the same state; lasting; enduring.

    an abiding belief

  2. Etymology: * From abiden

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Abidingnoun

    Continuance.

    Etymology: from abide.

    We are strangers before thee and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. 1 Chron. xxix. 15.

    The air in that region is so violently removed, and carried about with such swiftness, as nothing in that place can consist or have abiding. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.

ChatGPT

  1. abiding

    Abiding generally refers to the action of accepting, following or obeying consistently and enduringly; often used in relation to rules, laws, values, or principles. It can also connote a sense of continuous or enduring existence.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Abiding

    of Abide

  2. Abidingadjective

    continuing; lasting

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of abiding in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of abiding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of abiding in a Sentence

  1. Jeb Bush:

    What we can't do is restrict the rights of law abiding citizens, i actually think people packin' is part of the answer.

  2. Patricia Brigham:

    Thats not fair to the men and women who work in local law enforcement. Its certainly not fair to law-abiding citizens who would be affected by this, and I think Lake County needed to hear us stand up and say, weve got Commissioner Josh Blake back. FLORIDA GUN OWNERS, LAWYERS REACT TO LAKE COUNTYS SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY RESOLUTION Those trying to prevent Gun Violence say lax gun laws wont cut it in a state that has seen some of Americas deadliest mass shootings. The Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando left 49 dead. ( Elina Shirazi) We need to be preventing these shootings, not making it easier for dangerous people to use firearms they are concerned about the gun-grabbing, is what they are calling [ it ], what they should be concerned about is our rampant gun violence which is happening almost daily in this country.

  3. Jeff Pash:

    One thing that Commissioner Goodell is absolutely committed to is to upholding not only the reputation of the league but the reputation of the thousands of men who play in the league and who are good, hard-working, decent, law-abiding citizens.

  4. House Speaker Paul Ryan:

    The last thing we are going to do is surrender the floor over to these kinds of tactics when we know it's going to compromise the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens.

  5. Aidan Johnston:

    If the Biden administration continues with its planned changes, ATF's registry eventually will include 100% of firearm transactions – sucking up every record since 2001, these plans for a national registry violate federal law, infringe on the Second Amendment, and put law-abiding gun owners on the path to total gun confiscation.

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