-ENCE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com -ENCE definition: a noun suffix equivalent to -ance, corresponding to the suffix -ent in adjectives: abstinence; continence; dependence; difference See examples of -ence used in a sentence
-ence Definition Meaning | YourDictionary Act, fact, quality, state, result, or degree Conference, excellence From French, from Latin -entia One of the chief problems the association wished to solve was that of the exist ence and course of the river Niger, which was believed by some authorities to be identical with the Congo
-ence - Etymology Meaning of the Suffix - Etymonline OED recommends this form for "act or fact of abhorring," abhorrency (c 1600) for "quality of being abhorrent " belligerence (n ) "warlike nature or actions," 1804; see belligerent + -ence Related: belligerency Middle English had belligeration "warfare "