abeyance
3
9.6
- noun
- /əˈbeɪəns/
- Formal
:
suspensión
- It's already been a struggle to hold the lightbulb ban in abeyance as long as it has been.
- held in abeyance
I don't know yet and I'm still puzzling because I think it's possible to keep the disease in abeyance with some very simple heuristic rules which obey we.
- I don't know yet and I'm still puzzling because I think it's possible to keep the disease in abeyance with some very simple heuristic rules which obey we.
Examples
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Heikki thought, but held the question in abeyance for the moment.
Fiction book (1990) -
Calm now, the air and everything it carried seemed held in abeyance, as if waiting for him to acknowledge what was left to be acknowledged.
Fiction book (1996) -
The Prime Minister has agreed... to keep his air force in abeyance until after the address.
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I told her anything can be contained except death, and even that held in abeyance for a while.
Fiction book (1991) -
There are things happening at Bailey's, critical things which cannot be left in abeyance at this moment.
Fiction book (1990) -
In light of such circumstances, the courts initially left the deportation proceedings in abeyance.
Academic text (1997) -
Cambodia's application to join the WTO, filed in 1994, remained in abeyance in Geneva for five years.
Academic text (2008) -
The Bipartisan Accord held the issue of contra aid in abeyance until after the 1990 Nicaragua elections.
Academic text (1991) -
Jones's own receiver initiative, the Radio Circle, had fallen into abeyance during WWII due to the difficulty of procuring sets and obtaining parts from the United States.
Academic text (2007) -
The proposal has been put in abeyance until further notice from the board.
Synonyms
70
4.3
A temporary stop of an activity or service
47
6.3
A state in which a plan or request waits without a decision
34
6.3
A pause in an activity or series that is usually temporary
12
8.1
Not moving or changing for a time
6
4.1
A period when a person or group stops usual activity to rest and save energy
Antonyms
How Suspended
Surface Forms
Etymology
Abeyance comes from an old French word abeier, which meant 'to gape' or 'open the mouth' and gives the image of someone standing and waiting. So, when something is in abeyance, it is put 'on hold' or 'suspended' and not being used.