| -ence suff. 1. State or condition: dependence. 2. Action: emergence. [Middle English, from Latin -entia (from -  ns, -ent-, -ent) and from Old French -ance, -ance.] |
-ence, -ency
suffix forming nouns
indicating an action, state, condition, or quality benevolence residence patience
[via Old French from Latin -entia, from -ēns, present participial ending]
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