in+abeyance
21abeyance — noun expansion plans for the middle school are in abeyance Syn: in suspension, in a state of suspension, in a state of dormancy, in a state of uncertainty, in remission; pending, suspended, deferred, postponed, put off, put to one side,… …
22abeyance — n 1. suspension, intermission, interruption, cease, cessation, discontinuation, remission; deferment, deferral, postponement, delay; lull, waiting period; waiting, reserve, reservation; inaction, dormancy, latency, quiescence. 2. in abeyance in… …
23abeyance — UK [əˈbeɪəns] / US noun formal in abeyance …
24abeyance — In expectation, remembrance, and contemplation in law. An estate in fee is in abeyance where there is no person in esse in whom it may vest and abide, although the law considers it as always potentially existing and ready to vest when a proper… …
25abeyance — noun Etymology: Anglo French, from Old French abaer to expect, await, literally, to gape, from a + baer to gape, yawn more at bay Date: 1640 1. a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested 2. temporary… …
26abeyance — A state of temporary abolition of function. [fr. O. Fr.] * * * abey·ance ə bā ən(t)s n temporary inactivity or suspension (as of function or a symptom) …
27abeyance — Synonyms and related words: abandonment, abjuration, abjurement, apathy, break, caesura, catalepsy, catatonia, cease fire, cessation, cold storage, day off, deadliness, deathliness, desistance, discontinuance, doldrums, dormancy, drop, entropy,… …
28abeyance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. suspension. See end, latency. Ant., renewal, operation. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. suspension, cessation, inaction, intermission, pause, latency, remission, dormancy, quiescence. ANT.:… …
29abeyance — a·bey·ance || É™ beɪəns n. condition of being temporarily postponed, suspension …
30abeyance — [ə beɪəns] noun a state of temporary disuse or suspension. ↘Law the position of being without an owner or claimant. Derivatives abeyant adjective Origin C16: from OFr. abeance aspiration to a title , from abeer aspire after , from a towards +… …
