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    [Noun]  | "abey*ance" | \ ə-ˈbā-ən(t)s \


    1: a state of temporary inactivity : suspension —used chiefly in the phrase in abeyance

    2: a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested


    Origin: circa 1530 ;

     Borrowed from Anglo-French abeyaunce "absence of a claimant or owner, lapse in succession," from abaer, abair "to open wide" (from a-, prefix in transitive verbs—from Latin ad- {see: |ad-|ad-} — + baer, baier "to have the mouth wide open, gape, pant," from Vulgar Latin *batāre, perhaps of imitative origin) + -ance {see: |-ance|-ance};

    [Noun]  | "abeyances" 


    1: a state of temporary inactivity;


      * e.g., " ... our weekend plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast "





    [Noun]  | "abeyance" 


    1: a state of temporary inactivity;


      * e.g., " ... our weekend plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast "





     [ "Abeyance" ]

    1: The condition of being temporarily set aside. Temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension.

      * e.g.,  ... "Let's hold that problem in abeyance for a while." "Our weekend plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast." 

     [ "Abeyant" ]

    1: A form of electronica that does not progress but instead keeps a more stagnant form of repetition to it's rhythm.

      * e.g.,  ... Juanimus Prime is some really bad abeyant. 

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