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A Word A Day : Abeyance
9th August 2007... Today's Word is...
Abeyance
Pronunciation : ( ab-e-ens)
1. The condition of being temporarily set aside
2. A condition of undetermined ownership, as of an estate that has not yet been assigned
3. Indefinite legal status of real estate title when lawful ownership is in question and being determined
4. The condition of being temporarily inactive
5. State of being inactive or suspended temporarily
6. Suspension
Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French abeance, desire, from abaer, to gape at : a-, at (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + baer, to gape
1. Abeyancy
2. Dormancy
3. Intermission
4. Latency
5. Quiescence
6. Suspension
7. Inaction
8. Inactiveness
9. Inactivity
10. Moratorium
11. Cold storage
12. Deferral
13. Recess
14. Deferral
1. Action
2. Activity
3. Continuance
4. Continuation
5. Operation
6. Renewal
7. Revival
• The plans are held in abeyance.
• The budget presentation has been kept in abeyance this year, due to war crisis.
Abeyant: Adjecive
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