Definition: abiding

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

abiding
     adj : unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths" [syn:
           enduring, imperishable]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Abiding \A*bid"ing\, a.
   Continuing; lasting.
Abide \A*bide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abode, formerly Abid;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding.] [AS. [=a]b[=i]dan; pref. [=a]-
   (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[=i]dan to
   bide. See Bide.]
   1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   2. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to
      dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and
      commonly with at or in before a place.

            Let the damsel abide with us a few days. --Gen.
                                                  xxiv. 55.

   3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to
      continue; to remain.

            Let every man abide in the same calling. --1 Cor.
                                                  vii. 20.
      Followed by by:

   To abide by.
      (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain.

                The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by
                what he said at first.            --Fielding.
      (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a
          decision or an award.