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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • suffix State or condition.
  • suffix Action.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Latin -entia (from -ēns, -ent-, -ent) and from Old French -ance, -ance.]

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