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Abaisance
Abaisance A*bai"sance ([.a]*b[=a]"sans), n. [For obeisance; confused with F. abaisser, E. abase.] Obeisance. [Obs.] --Jonson.
Chevisance
Chevisance Chev"i*sance, n. [Of. chevisance, chevissance, fr. chevircome to an end, perform, fr. chef head, end, from L. caput head. See Chieve, Chief.] 1. Achievement; deed; performance. [Obs.] Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance. --Spenser. 2. A bargain; profit; gain. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 3. (O. Eng. Law) (a) A making of contracts. (b) A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact. (c) An unlawful agreement or contract.
Complaisance
Complaisance Com"plai*sance` (?; 277), n. [F. complaisance. See Complaisant, and cf. Complacence.] Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility. These [ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people. --Addison. They strive with their own hearts and keep them down, In complaisance to all the fools in town. --Young. Syn: Civility; courtesy; urbanity; suavity; affability; good breeding.
Connusance
Connusance Con"nu*sance, n. (Law) See Cognizance. [Obs.]
Conversance
Conversance Con"ver*sance, n. The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy. [R.]
counterfaisance
Counterfesance Coun"ter*fe`sance (-f?"zans), n. [OF. contrefaisance, fr. contrefaire. See Counterfeit, a.] The act of forging; forgery. [Obs.] [Written also counterfaisance.]
Counterfaisance
Counterfaisance Coun"ter*fai"sance (koun"t?r-f?"zans), n. See Counterfesance. [Obs.]
Counterfesance
Counterfesance Coun"ter*fe`sance (-f?"zans), n. [OF. contrefaisance, fr. contrefaire. See Counterfeit, a.] The act of forging; forgery. [Obs.] [Written also counterfaisance.]
Defeasanced
Defeasanced De*fea"sanced, a. (Law) Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited.
Impuissance
Impuissance Im*pu"is*sance, n. [Cf. F. impuissance.] Lack of power; inability. --Bacon. Their own impuissance and weakness. --Holland.
Jouissance
Jouissance Jou"is*sance, n. [F., fr. jouir to enjoy, fr. L. gaudere to rejoice.] Jollity; merriment. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Malefeasance
Malefeasance Male*fea"sance, n. See Malfeasance.
malefeasance
Malfeasance Mal*fea"sance, n. [F. malfaisance, fr. malfaisant injurious, doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. pr. of faire to do. See Malice, Feasible, and cf. Maleficence.] (Law) The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed. [Written also malefeasance.]
Malfeasance
Malfeasance Mal*fea"sance, n. [F. malfaisance, fr. malfaisant injurious, doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. pr. of faire to do. See Malice, Feasible, and cf. Maleficence.] (Law) The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed. [Written also malefeasance.]
Misfeasance
Misfeasance Mis*fea"sance, n. [OF. pref. mes- wrong (L. minus less) + faisance doing, fr. faire to do, L. facere. Cf. Malfeasance.] (Law) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. --Bouvier. Wharton.
Non-feasance
Non-feasance Non-fea"sance, n. [Pref. non- + OF. faisance a doing, fr. faire to do.] (Law) An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance.
Nonusance
Nonusance Non*us"ance, n. Neglect of using; failure to use. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Nuisance
Nuisance Nui"sance, n. [OE. noisance, OF. noisance, nuisance, fr. L. nocentia guilt, fr. nocere to hurt, harm; akin to necare to kill. Cf Necromancy, Nocent, Noxious, Pernicious.] That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious. Note: Nuisances are public when they annoy citizens in general; private, when they affect individuals only.
Nuisancer
Nuisancer Nui"san*cer, n. (Law) One who makes or causes a nuisance.
Plaisance
Plaisance Plai`sance", n. [F.] See Pleasance.
Pleasance
Pleasance Pleas"ance, n. [F. plaisance. See Please.] 1. Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness. [Archaic] --Shak. ``Full great pleasance.' --Chaucer. ``A realm of pleasance.' --Tennyson. 2. A secluded part of a garden. [Archaic] The pleasances of old Elizabethan houses. --Ruskin.
Plesance
Plesance Ples"ance, n. Pleasance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Public nuisance
Public Pub"lic, a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people: cf. F. public. See People.] 1. Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury. To the public good Private respects must yield. --Milton. He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster. 2. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal. Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. --Matt. i. 19. 3. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house. ``The public street.' --Shak. Public act or statute (Law), an act or statute affecting matters of public concern. Of such statutes the courts take judicial notice. Public credit. See under Credit. Public funds. See Fund, 3. Public house, an inn, or house of entertainment. Public law. (a) See International law, under International. (b) A public act or statute. Public nuisance. (Law) See under Nuisance. Public orator. (Eng. Universities) See Orator, 3. Public stores, military and naval stores, equipments, etc. Public works, all fixed works built by civil engineers for public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed at the public cost.
Puissance
Puissance Pu"is*sance, n. [F., fr. puissant. See Puissant, and cf. Potency, Potance, Potence.] Power; strength; might; force; potency. `` Youths of puissance.' --Tennyson. The power and puissance of the king. --Shak. Note: In Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, puissance and puissant are usually dissyllables.
Renaissance
Renaissance Re*nais`sance" (F. re-n[asl]`s[aum]Ns"; E. r[-e]-n[=a]s"sans), n. [F., fr. rena[^i]tre to be born again. Cf. Renascence.] A new birth, or revival. Specifically: (a) The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries. (b) The style of art which prevailed at this epoch. The Renaissance was rather the last stage of the Middle Ages, emerging from ecclesiastical and feudal despotism, developing what was original in medi[ae]val ideas by the light of classic arts and letters. --J. A. Symonds (Encyc. Brit.).
Reposance
Reposance Re*pos"ance (-ans), n. Reliance. [Obs.] --John Hall.
Sance-bell
Sance-bell Sance"-bell`, Sancte bell Sanc"te bell`, n. See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.
Suffisance
Suffisance Suf*fi"sance, n. [F. See Sufficiency.] Sufficiency; plenty; abundance; contentment. [Obs.] He could in little thing have suffisaunce. --Chaucer.
Usance
Usance Us"ance, n. [F. See Use, v. t.] 1. Use; usage; employment. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] --Gower. Chaucer. 3. Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] --Shak. 4. (Com.) The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double usance.

Meaning of Sance from wikipedia

- Sancé or Šance may refer to: Sancé, Bam, a town in Burkina Faso Sancé, Bazèga, a town in Burkina Faso Sancé, Saône-et-Loire, a commune in France Šance...
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- Demetria Jean Sance (born August 30, 1977) is a former indoor volleyball player. She pla**** for the University of Texas at Austin and the United States...
- Sancy may refer to: The Sancy, a pale yellow diamond of 55.23 carats (11.046 g) that has been owned by a number of important figures in European history...
- Šance (until 1997 U Sabotů) is a hamlet in Vrbovce in the Trenčín Region of Slovakia. Šance was historically part of the Czech region of Moravia and until...
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- Šance Reservoir (Czech: vodní nádrž Šance) is a water reservoir and dam in Staré Hamry in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It is situated...
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- countryside. The fifth child of an impoverished country nobleman, Angélique de Sancé de Monteloup grows up in the Poitou marshlands. Her logical destiny would...