ABEYANCE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of abeyance in English abeyancenoun [ U ]   formal uk /əˈbeɪ.əns/ us /əˈbeɪ.əns/ Add to word list Add to word list a state of not happening or being used at present: Any proposed abeyance of the bylaws must be approved by the entire committee.in abeyance Hostilities between the two groups have been in abeyance since last June.be held in abeyance The project is being held in abeyance until agreement is reached on funding it. Synonyms dormancy latency (NOT YET ACTIVE) formal suspension (STOP) Pauses & interludes

• adjournment
• asynchronously
• beat
• break time
• break-journey
• caesura
• hiatus
• hold something in abeyance
• in abeyance
• interlude
• intermission
• interval
• intervening period
• moratorium
• non-continuous
• one-stop
• pause
• plateau
• postponement
• suspension

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Examples of abeyance

abeyance After some initial success the drainage commissioners found themselves immersed in legal wranglings with landowners and maintenance of the drainage system largely fell into abeyance. From the Cambridge English Corpus The tradition of multi-media spectaculars fell into abeyance towards the end of the century. From the Cambridge English Corpus Carruthers appears to suspect this, and he asks the reader to hold in abeyance any sentiments against the assumption. From the Cambridge English Corpus At various points along the way, the methods have been employed together or one type of method has been hegemonic and the other in abeyance. From the Cambridge English Corpus As moots fell into desuetude, the inns' educative function also fell into abeyance. From the Cambridge English Corpus If it was in abeyance, how could it be recovered? From the Cambridge English Corpus Rationalist scepticism is held in abeyance, yet complete belief is undercut by an ironic awareness that one is holding scepticism at bay. From the Cambridge English Corpus Above all this meant keeping animal propensities in abeyance. From the Cambridge English Corpus Hence, the conservative preference for labour market employment over public assistance was held in abeyance by the economic realities of the period. From the Cambridge English Corpus In biographic terms, the house is invariably 'finished' and occupied; only rarely is it analysed while under construction or, even less frequently, in a state of abeyance or dilapidation. From the Cambridge English Corpus It seems odd to suggest that the compositional semantic interpretation most naturally associated with an expression should be held in abeyance for an indeterminate period, only to emerge later. From the Cambridge English Corpus The transfer of power and high politics of partition overwhelmed provincial politics, and those politicians who were unable to swim with the tide were forced into abeyance. From the Cambridge English Corpus This led to an 'abeyance' of the state, which, she rightly points out, is not the same as its destruction, though she does also use the term 'fracturing'. From the Cambridge English Corpus The sensibility necessary for this involves an immediacy with the given, a holding in abeyance of all waking state presuppositions - those reactions that are not inherent to the required knowledge. From the Cambridge English Corpus We have peerages in abeyance now, do we not? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of abeyance?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 擱置, 暫時中止, 暫緩… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 搁置, 暂时中止, 暂缓… See more in Spanish desuso, suspenso… See more in Portuguese suspensão, suspenso… See more Need a translator?

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