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-ance (əns, 'ns; ənts, 'nts)

  1. the act or process of ____ing discontinuance
  2. the quality or state of being forbearance
  3. a thing that ____s hindrance
  4. a thing that is ____ed utterance, remittance

Etymology: ME < OFr -ance (< L -antia, -entia) or directly < L

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