ABEYANCE DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
abeyance n 1: temporary cessation or suspension [syn: abeyance, suspension] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) abeyance 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 inactivity ; suspension • abeyant adjective Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary abeyance If something is in abeyance, it is not operating or being used at the present time. (FORMAL) The Russian threat is, at the least, in abeyance... PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v English Explanatory Dictionary abeyance əˈbeɪəns n. (usu. prec. by in, into) a state of temporary disuse or suspension. øøabeyant adj. [AF abeiance f. OF abeer f. å to + beer f. med.L batare gape] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Abeyance \A*bey"ance\, n. [OF. abeance expectation, longing; a (L. ad) + baer, beer, to gape, to look with open mouth, to expect, F. bayer, LL. badare to gape.] 1. (Law) Expectancy; condition of being undetermined. Note: When there is no person in existence in whom an inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is said to be in abeyance, that is, in expectation; the law considering it as always potentially existing, and ready to vest whenever a proper owner appears. --Blackstone. 2. Suspension; temporary suppression. Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. --De Quincey. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms abeyance n. 1. (Law.) Expectation, prospect, expectancy, waiting, anticipation, calculation, contemplation. 2. Suspense, suspension, suspendedness, reservation, intermission, remission, dormancy, quiescence, suppression, sublation. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) abeyance əˈbeɪəns n. in abeyance. pending, abeyant, reserved, in reserve, shelved, pushed or shoved or shunted aside, postponed, put off, suspended, US tabled; temporarily inactive, dormant; latent; Colloq in a holding pattern, on the back burner; Slang on hold, in the deep-freeze, on the shelf, on ice, hanging fire: Legal proceedings were held in abeyance so that talks could take place to reach an out-of-court settlement. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 68 Moby Thesaurus words for "abeyance": abandonment, abjuration, abjurement, apathy, break, caesura, catalepsy, catatonia, cease-fire, cessation, cold storage, day off, deadliness, deathliness, desistance, discontinuance, doldrums, dormancy, drop, entropy, forbearance, hesitation, holiday, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interruption, interval, languor, lapse, latency, layoff, letup, lotus-eating, lull, nonexercise, passiveness, passivity, pause, quiescence, quiescency, recess, relinquishment, remission, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, respite, rest, stagnancy, stagnation, stand-down, stasis, stay, suspense, suspension, torpor, truce, vacation, vegetation, vis inertiae, waiver |
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