-ance, -ancy
(Latin: often through French, quality or state of; being; condition; act or fact of _______ ing; a suffix that forms nouns)
valance
variance
vengeance
1. Infliction of punishment in return for a wrong committed; retribution.
2. Infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person.
3. Etymology: from Anglo-French vengeaunce, Old French vengeance, "revenge"; from vengier, "to take revenge"; from Latin vindicare, "to set free, to claim, to avenge".
2. Infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person.
3. Etymology: from Anglo-French vengeaunce, Old French vengeance, "revenge"; from vengier, "to take revenge"; from Latin vindicare, "to set free, to claim, to avenge".
verdancy
veterancy
The state or condition of being a veteran.
vigilance
1. A situation in which a person's attention must be maintained over time.
2. A condition, or a process, of paying close and continuous attention by being watchful, very careful, and alert to notice things; especially, of something that may be dangerous.
2. A condition, or a process, of paying close and continuous attention by being watchful, very careful, and alert to notice things; especially, of something that may be dangerous.
voidance
1. The act of depriving a contract of legal force.
2. The act of voiding or emptying something.
3. The situation of having no incumbent or occupant; such as, when there is no bishop in a diocese.
4. A vacancy; not having an incumbent.
5. Evasion; subterfuge.
2. The act of voiding or emptying something.
3. The situation of having no incumbent or occupant; such as, when there is no bishop in a diocese.
4. A vacancy; not having an incumbent.
5. Evasion; subterfuge.
