-ence


  1. a noun suffix equivalent to -ance, corresponding to the suffix -ent in adjectives: abstinence; continence; dependence; difference.

Origin of -ence

1
Middle English <Old French <Latin -entia, equivalent to -ent--ent + -ia-y3

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British Dictionary definitions for -ence

-ence

suffix forming nouns
  1. indicating an action, state, condition, or quality: benevolence; residence; patience

Origin of -ence

1
via Old French from Latin -entia, from -ēns, present participial ending

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