abeyance

Noun

Meaning

Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.

Suspension; temporary suppression.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

suspension rest intermezzo discontinuance stop break stay delay suspended interval waiting halt interim latency pending

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Antonyms

chase support act activity authority motion

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Hypernyms

inactivity inaction inactiveness

Hyponyms

recess moratorium deferral stand-down cold storage standdown

Phrases with the word

hold in abeyance keep in abeyance put in abeyance in abeyance

Examples

The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible. John Lancaster Spalding

My clever baton holds your unnatural sorcery in abeyance. Jack Vance

In writing the history of a disease, every philosophical hypothesis whatsoever, that has previously occupied the mind of the author, should lie in abeyance. Thomas Sydenham

A co-heir may petition the Crown for a termination of the abeyance. Source: Internet

For example, the Barony of Grey of Codnor was in abeyance for over 490 years between 1496 and 1989, and the Barony of Hastings was similarly in abeyance for over 299 years from 1542 to 1841. Source: Internet

In 1604, the Baron le Despencer case was the first peerage abeyance ever settled; the second was at the Restoration in 1660. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

abevacuation abexinostat abey abeyancy abeyant Abeyta