Impendence \Im*pend"ence\, Impendency \Im*pend"en*cy\, n. The state of impending; also, that which impends. ``Impendence of volcanic cloud.'' --Ruskin.
impendency n : the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon [syn: {imminence}, {imminency}, {imminentness}, {impendence}, {forthcomingness}]