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abeyance [əˈbeɪəns] n
1. (usually preceded by in or into) a state of being suspended or put aside temporarily 2. (Law) (usually preceded by in) Law an indeterminate state of ownership, as when the person entitled to an estate has not been ascertained [C16-17: from Anglo-French, from Old French abeance expectation, literally a gaping after, a reaching towards] abeyant adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
abeyance Translations abeyance [əˈbeɪəns] n in abeyance [matter] → en suspens; [threat] → en suspens; [law] → en désuétude abeyance abeyance [əˈbeɪəns] n (frm) to be in abeyance (law, custom) → essere in disuso; (matter, plan) → essere in sospeso left undecided usually for a short time The matter was left in abeyance. opskorting تَعْلِيقْ، مُعَلَّقْ изчакване nerozhodnutý stillet i bero in der Schwebe (σε) εκκρεμότητα pendiente, en suspenso (ajutiselt) otsustamata تعلیق؛ بلاتکلیفی riidanalaisuus en suspens לִהַשאִיר תָּלוּי וְעוֹמד क्षणिक विराम stanje neizvjesnosti függőben tertunda ófrágenginn in sospeso 未定 (일시적) 중지, 정지 nežinioje, neišspręsta neizšķirts; neatrisināts dibiarkan begitu saja opschorting i bero w zawieszeniu em suspenso în suspensie временное прекращение nerozhodnutý odložen na pozneje neizvesnost anstånd, vila การระงับไว้ชั่วคราว askıda, kullanmama 暫停 стан непевності; в невідомості التواء، sự hoãn lại 未定 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Ivanhoe' I had known before, and the 'Bride of Lammermoor' and 'Woodstock', but the rest had remained in that sort of abeyance which is often the fate of books people expect to read as a matter of course, and come very near not reading at all, or read only very late. Some minutes before midday the first driblets of metal began to flow; the reservoirs filled little by little; and, by the time that the whole melting was completely accomplished, it was kept in abeyance for a few minutes in order to facilitate the separation of foreign substances. His natural inclination to blame, hitherto kept entirely in abeyance toward his father by the predisposition to think him always right, simply on the ground that he was Tom Tulliver's father, was turned into this new channel by his mother's plaints; and with his indignation against Wakem there began to mingle some indignation of another sort. |
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