Word Meanings - ABEYANCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Expectancy; condition of being undetermined. Note: When there is no person in existence in whom an inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is said to be in abeyance, that is, in expectation; the law considering it as always potentially existing,

Additional info about word: ABEYANCE

Expectancy; condition of being undetermined. Note: When there is no person in existence in whom an inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is said to be in abeyance, that is, in expectation; the law considering it as always potentially existing, and ready to vest whenever a proper owner appears. Blackstone. 2. Suspension; temporary suppression. Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. De Quincey. (more info) baer, beer, to gape, to look with open mouth, to expect, F. bayer,

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ABEYANCE)

• Cessation
• Stopping
• halt
• discontinuance
• quiescence
• suspension
• intermission
• lull
• respite
• stop
• rest
• abeyance
• pause
• Suspense
• Protraction
• uncertainty
• doubt
• solicitude
• cessation
• waiting
• stoppage
• indetermination
• indecision

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ABEYANCE)

• Decide
• determine
• resolve
• assent

Related words: (words related to ABEYANCE)

• WAITINGLY
  By waiting.
• STOPPING
  A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air. (more info) 1. Material for filling a cavity.
• ASSENTATORY
  Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv.
• STOPPAGE
  The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.
• ASSENTER
  One who assents.
• DOUBTFULLY
  In a doubtful manner. Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden.
• DECIDER
  One who decides.
• DECIDEMENT
  Means of forming a decision. Beau. & Fl.
• SOLICITUDE
  The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety. The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude and outward shows. Sir W. Raleigh. The mother looked at her with fond solicitude.
• UNCERTAINTY
  1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.
• RESOLVENT
  Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
• ASSENTMENT
  Assent; agreement.
• DOUBT
  duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F. douter, fr. L. dubitare; 1. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or
• RESOLVED
  Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich. That makes him a resolved enemy. Jer. Taylor. I am resolved she shall not settle here. Fielding.
• DECIDEDLY
  In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.
• STOPPER
  A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something. Totten. (more info) 1. One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent
• DETERMINER
  One who, or that which, determines or decides.
• INTERMISSION
  The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever. 4. Intervention; interposition. Heylin. Syn. --
• DECIDED
  1. Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage. "A more decided taste for science." Prescott. 2. Free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive;
• DOUBTFULNESS
  1. State of being doubtful. 2. Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness. " The doubtfulness of his expressions." Locke. 3. Uncertainty of event or issue. Bacon.
• REDOUBTABLE
  Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero;
• REDOUBT
  reductus, literally, a retreat, from L. reductus drawn back, retired, p. p. of reducere to lead or draw back; cf. F. réduit, also fr. LL. A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected
• TWAITE
  A European shad; -- called also twaite shad. See Shad.
• PRERESOLVE
  To resolve beforehand; to predetermine. Sir E. Dering.
• MISDOUBT
  To be suspicious of; to have suspicion. I do not misdoubt my wife. Shak.
• DISASSENT
  To dissent.
• DUMB-WAITER
  A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves.