residence vs abidance

residence and abidance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
residence	Yes	No	No	No
abidance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, residence and abidance are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of residence include residency.

residence (noun)	abidance (noun)
the act of dwelling in a place	the act of abiding (enduring without yielding)
the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)	the act of dwelling in a place
a large and imposing house	acting according to certain accepted standards
any address at which you dwell more than temporarily