abiding

abiding Definition

abid·ing (ə bīd′iŋ)

adjective

continuing without change; enduring; lasting

abiding Synonyms

modif.

abiding Law Definition

adj

Certain; indestructible; permanent; steadfast; unaltering; unfaltering; unshakeable.

abiding Usage Examples

Object

citizen: Yet, being a law abiding citizen you get robbed £ 60 just for going slightly over the speed limit.
motorist: Why permanently penalize the vast majority of law abiding motorists for the sake of a few speed merchants?

Modifying Another Word

always: Each moment reveals the next with veiled clarity, refusing entry to the future, always abiding in the present.
there: An empty towering stone church, swept clear of all ornament, pure and empty, with nothing abiding there.

Preposition: in

love: And he who does not speak of God may abide in Him if he is abiding in love.

abiding Quotes

For we are strangers before thee, and soujourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

—Bible (Old Testament)

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