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• -ence

  a noun suffix equivalent to -ance, corresponding to the suffix -ent in adjectives: abstinence; continence; dependence; difference . -ence suffix indicating an action, state, condition, or quality benevolence, residence, patience word origin via old french from latin -entia, from -ēns, present participial ending -ence see -ance.

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