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LUXURIANCE n.
The state or quality of being luxuriant; rank, vigorous growth; excessive abundance produced by rank growth. "Tropical luxuriance." B. Taylor.
MAINTENANCE n. 3 definitions
The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication. Whatsoever is granted to the church for God's honor and the maintenance of his service, is granted to God. South.
MALEFEASANCE n.
See Malfeasance.
MALFEASANCE n.
act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed. [Written also malefeasance.]
MALIGNANCE; MALIGNANCY n. 4 definitions
The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.
MANURANCE n.
Cultivation. [Obs.] Spenser.
MEDITANCE n.
Meditation. [Obs.]
MESALLIANCE n.
A marriage with a person of inferior social position; a misalliance.
MISALLIANCE n.
A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station; an improper alliance; a mesalliance. A Leigh had made a misalliance, and blushed A Howard should know it. Mrs. Browning.
MISCHANCE n. 2 definitions
Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. Chaucer. Never come mischance between us twain. Shak.
MISCHANCEFUL a.
Unlucky. R. Browning.
MISCONTINUANCE n.
Discontinuance; also, continuance by undue process.
MISCREANCE; MISCREANCY n.
The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
MISFEASANCE n.
A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. Bouvier. Wharton.
MISGOVERNANCE n.
Misgovernment; misconduct; misbehavior. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
MISGUIDANCE n.
Wrong guidance.
MISSEMBLANCE n.
False resemblance or semblance. [Obs.]
MODERANCE n.
Moderation. [Obs.] Caxton.
MONSTRANCE n.
A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view.
MOUNTANCE n.
Amount; sum; quantity; extent. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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