| ABERRANCE | • aberrance n. State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude. • ABERRANCE n. the state of being aberrant; deviation from a norm, also ABERRANCY. |
| ADMIRANCE | • admirance n. (Obsolete) admiration. • ADMIRANCE n. (Spenser) admiration, also ADMIRATION, ADMIRAUNCE. |
| ASSURANCE | • assurance n. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence. • assurance n. The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty. • assurance n. Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. |
| CLEARANCE | • clearance n. The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared. • clearance n. The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine. • clearance n. The height or width of a tunnel, bridge or other passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the… |
| CUMBRANCE | • cumbrance n. (Obsolete) encumbrance. • CUMBRANCE n. an encumbrance. |
| ENDURANCE | • endurance n. The measure of a person’s stamina or persistence. • endurance n. Ability to endure hardship. • endurance n. (Nautical) The length of time that a ship’s rations will supply. |
| ESPERANCE | • esperance n. (Obsolete) Expectation, hope. • Esperance prop.n. A town and shire in the south of Western Australia. • Esperance prop.n. A town and village in Schoharie County, New York, United States. |
| FLAGRANCE | • flagrance n. Flagrancy. • FLAGRANCE n. a burning; notoriety, also FLAGRANCY. |
| FRAGRANCE | • fragrance n. A pleasant smell or odour. • fragrance v. (Transitive) To apply a fragrance to; to perfume. • FRAGRANCE n. pleasantness of smell, also FRAGRANCY. |
| HINDRANCE | • hindrance n. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else. • hindrance n. The state or act of hindering something. • HINDRANCE n. an act of hindering; that which hinders, also HINDERANCE. |
| IGNORANCE | • ignorance n. The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information. • ignorance n. (Religion, in the plural) Sins committed through ignorance. • Ignorance prop.n. A personification of ignorance. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| INSURANCE | • insurance n. A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event. • insurance n. The business of providing insurance. • insurance n. (Figurative) Any attempt to forestall an unfavorable event. |
| MANURANCE | • manurance n. (Obsolete) cultivation. • MANURANCE n. (archaic) cultivation. |
| SECURANCE | • securance n. Assurance; confirmation. • SECURANCE n. the act of securing. |
| SEVERANCE | • severance n. The act of severing or the state of being severed. • severance n. A separation. • severance n. A severance payment. |
| TOLERANCE | • tolerance n. (Uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. • tolerance n. (Uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs… • tolerance n. (Uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope… |
| UTTERANCE | • utterance n. An act of uttering. • utterance n. Something spoken. • utterance n. The ability to speak. |