The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abide \A*bide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abode, formerly Abid;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding.] [AS. [=a]b[imac]dan; pref. [=a]-
   (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[imac]dan to
   bide. See Bide.]
   1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   2. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to
      dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and
      commonly with at or in before a place.
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            Let the damsel abide with us a few days. --Gen.
                                                  xxiv. 55.
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   3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to
      continue; to remain.
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            Let every man abide in the same calling. --1 Cor.
                                                  vii. 20.
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   To abide by.
      (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain.
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                The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by
                what he said at first.            --Fielding.
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      (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a
          decision or an award.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abiding \A*bid"ing\, a.
   Continuing; lasting.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abiding
    adj 1: unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths"
           [syn: abiding, enduring, imperishable]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

85 Moby Thesaurus words for "abiding":
   age-long, aged, ancient, antique, changeless, chronic, commorant,
   constant, continuing, continuous, diuturnal, durable, dwelling,
   enduring, evergreen, firm, fixed, frozen, hardy, immobile,
   immutable, in residence, indefatigable, intact, intransient,
   inveterate, inviolate, lasting, living, living in, lodging,
   long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, long-term, longeval,
   longevous, macrobiotic, never-failing, of long duration,
   of long standing, perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent,
   perpetual, persistent, persisting, quiescent, remaining, resident,
   residentiary, residing, rigid, sempervirent, solid, stable, static,
   stationary, staying, steadfast, steady, sticking, sustained,
   torpid, tough, unaltered, unceasing, unchangeable, unchanged,
   unchanging, unchecked, undestroyed, undying, unfading, unfailing,
   unfaltering, unqualified, unquestioning, unremitting, unshifting,
   unvaried, unvarying, vital, wholehearted