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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};
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[Noun] | "abeyances"
1: a state of temporary inactivity;
* e.g., " ... our weekend plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast "
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[Noun] | "abeyance"
1: a state of temporary inactivity;
* e.g., " ... our weekend plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast "
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[ "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."
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[ "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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