-ENCE


Meaning of -ENCE in English

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

[ ME -entia, equiv. to -ent- -ENT + -ia -Y 3 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .