Definition of residence

• n. - The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year.
• n. - The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile.
• n. - The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.
• n. - The place where anything rests permanently.
• n. - Subsidence, as of a sediment.
• n. - That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.