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Definitions for abiding
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.

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. Russell Moore:

    Anyone who cares an iota about religious liberty should denounce this reckless, demagogic rhetoric, the government should close the borders to anyone suspected of even a passing involvement with any radical cell or terrorist network. But the government should not penalize law-abiding people, especially those who are American citizens, for holding their religious convictions.

  2. The DHS spokesperson:

    DHS currently is, however, under a court order to reimplement MPP in good faith. DHS continues to fight in the courts, including in a pending challenge before the Supreme Court. In the interim, DHS is committed to abiding by the court-mandated reimplementation of MPP in the most humane way possible.

  3. President Donald Trump:

    The United States of America should be a sanctuary for law-abiding Americans, not criminal aliens.

  4. Nasr Hariri:

    We want more pressure on the regime to engage in the negotiation and continue in the negotiation to reach a political solution in six months, as (U.N. Security Council Resolution) 2254 says, just speaking about a political transition without any advancement, we will lose our trust in the process and our people will lose their trust in us and in the process itself. Hariri said Syria and its ally Iran wanted the fighting to continue until they could declare a military victory, and they were not abiding by agreements to de-escalate the fighting in areas such as Eastern Ghouta, a besieged rebel-held enclave.

  5. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

    New York, the hardest-hit state in the nation with more than 320,000 cases, is allowingactivities to occur in the states marinas and boatyards. On Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo noted that nearly 1,300 COVID-19 patients that were admitted to hospitals in the last few days were from people out of the workforce and abiding by stay-at-home orders. Overwhelmingly, the people were at home.

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