Meaning & use
Expectance
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A rare, mainly literary synonym for expectation or anticipation.
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There was a quiet expectance in the room as the results were about to be read.
He waited with expectance for the letter that never came.
A note on using this word
"Expectance" is rarely used today; "expectation" and "expectancy" have largely replaced it in modern English.
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