Abeyance

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Abeyance Meaning and Definition in Dictionary
Definitions from Wordnet 2.0
- temporary cessation or suspension
Definitions from Wiktionary
- temporary cessation or suspension
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Wikipedia Meaning and Definition on 'Abeyance'
- Abeyance: Abeyance (from the Old French abeance meaning "gaping") is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right ...
Words and phrases related to 'Abeyance'
| abandonment | abjuration | abjurement | apathy | break |
| caesura | catalepsy | catatonia | cessation | deadliness |
| deathliness | desistance | discontinuance | doldrums | dormancy |
| drop | entropy |
'Abeyance' example sentence in quotations
* The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore. - Robert J. Sawyer
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Abeyance Sample Sentences in News
- Abeyance lifted on intake of 118 India Reserve Battalion recruits - Times of India
PANAJI: The 118 new recruits of Goa police's India Reserve Battalion (IRB) whose appointment as IRB constables was kept in abeyance after seven days of training at the Police Training School (PTS), Valpoi, due to the election code of conduct ... Read more on this news related to 'Abeyance' - Panel for flexibility in LNG transportation - The Hindu
‘DG Shipping guidelines for granting licence to LNG vessels should be kept in abeyance' Keeping in mind the continued shortfall in the domestic gas production and the mounting demand for gas, an inter-Ministerial Committee has pitched for ... Read more on this news related to 'Abeyance' - Rajkot police keeps identification rule in abeyance for now - in.com
Rajkot, Apr 25 (PTI) Following protests by local people and Congress leaders, Rajkot city police commissioner Geetha Johri has postponed the implementation of the new rule, which requires a person to carry an identity proof while moving around ... Read more on this news related to 'Abeyance'

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