Abeyance synonyms

ə-bā'əns

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suspension
A postponement, as of a judgment, opinion, or decision.
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intermission
A break between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.
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latency
The time interval between initiating a query, transmission, or process, and receiving or detecting the results, often given as an average value over a large number of events.
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action (antonym)
Organized activity to accomplish an objective:
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break
(Informal) An allowance or indulgence; accommodating treatment:
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indetermination
An indeterminate state or quality
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letup
A slackening or lessening, as of effort
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pause
The definition of a pause is a temporary stop or rest.
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respite
(Law) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
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operation (antonym)
The condition of being in action or at work
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renewal (antonym)
A renewing or being renewed
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continuance (antonym)
The time during which an action, process, or state lasts; duration
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activity (antonym)
The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.
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continuation (antonym)
A part or thing added to make something reach further or last longer; extension, supplement, sequel, etc.
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abeyancy
(Rare) Abeyance.
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dormancy
The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.
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quiescence
(Microbiology) When a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.
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lotus-eating
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nonexercise
Not being or pertaining to exercise.
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desuetude (related)
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disuse (related)
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perpetuity (related)
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revival (antonym)
A restoration to use, acceptance, activity, or vigor after a period of obscurity or quiescence:
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deathliness
The state or quality of being deathly.
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intermittence
The state of being sporadic or intermittent.
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Find another word for abeyance. In this page you can discover 25 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for abeyance, like: suspension, intermission, latency, action, break, indetermination, letup, pause, respite, operation and renewal.
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Abeyance Sentence Examples

  • This regulation fell into abeyance after the 12th century, and such inscriptions are very rare.

  • Charles the Fair having died and left only a daughter, the nations rights, so long in abeyance, were once more regained.

  • The last may be considered in abeyance as there has not been any coronation banquet since that of George IV.

  • Then the Sudan was abandoned and the railway remained in abeyance until 1905-1906, when the line was at length built.

  • Returning to a quiet life at Bradenham - an old manor-house near High Wycombe, which his father had taken - Disraeli put law in abeyance and resumed novel-writing.

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