Associations to the word «Abeyance»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
ABEYANCE, noun. (legal) Expectancy; condition of ownership of real property being undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century]
ABEYANCE, noun. Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. [Mid 17th century]
ABEYANCE, noun. (heraldry) Expectancy of a title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended.
Dictionary definition
ABEYANCE, noun. Temporary cessation or suspension.
Wise words
There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind
must lie.