Definition for Abeyance:

• The law requires, however, that the freehold should never, if possible, be in abeyance. Where there is a tenant of the freehold, the remainder or reversion in fee may exist for a time without any particular owner, in which case it is said to be in abeyance. 9 Serg. & R.. 367; 8 Plowd. 29 a. b 35 a.

Synonyms for Abeyance:

• n.

  •abeyance (noun)
  • adjournment,
  • inaction,
  • reservation.
  •back burner (noun)
  • back-burner.
  •being inactive or suspended (noun)
  • postponement,
  • recess,
  • inactivity,
  • waiting,
  • discontinuation,
  • temporarily deferred.
  •cessation (noun)
  • time off,
  • breakoff,
  • cutoff,
  • let-up,
  • screaming halt,
  • timeout,
  • break-off,
  • Desistance,
  • grinding halt.
  •ending (noun)
  • cessation.
  •escape (noun)
  • obliviousness.
  •in abeyance (noun)
  • pending,
  • no longer in use,
  • in (a state of) suspension,
  • not in operation,
  • on ice,
  • disused,
  • dormant,
  • Shelved,
  • suspended,
  • hanging fire,
  • cancelled temporarily.
  •intermission (noun)
  • Interregnums,
  • quiescency,
  • interregnum,
  • breathing spell.
  •lull (noun)
  • pausations.
  •moratorium (noun)
  • de-ferments,
  • de-ferment,
  • de ferments,
  • de ferment.
  •oblivion (noun)
  • in differences,
  • in-sensibilities,
  • un-mindfulness,
  • un mindfulness,
  • unmindfulnesses,
  • in-advertence,
  • lethes,
  • in sensibilities,
  • in sensibility,
  • in-advertences,
  • un-concerns,
  • in-sensiblenesses,
  • un consciousnesses,
  • in sensiblenesses,
  • dis-regard,
  • dis-regards,
  • un awarenesses,
  • un-concern,
  • in-sensibility,
  • in difference,
  • un consciousness,
  • un mindfulnesses,
  • in advertence,
  • un awareness,
  • un-mindfulnesses,
  • un concern,
  • dis regards,
  • un-awareness,
  • in sensibleness,
  • un-consciousness,
  • in-difference,
  • un-awarenesses,
  • un concerns,
  • in advertences,
  • in-differences,
  • in-sensibleness,
  • un-consciousnesses,
  • dis regard.
  •pause (noun)
  • rest periods.
  •reprieve (noun)
  • lifesavers.
  •state (noun)
  • abeyance.
  •stoppage (noun)
  • sitdown,
  • sitdowns,
  • sit downs.
  •suspension (noun)
  • dis continuing,
  • concludings,
  • dis-continuations,
  • dis-continuing,
  • disbarments,
  • dis continuation,
  • heave ho,
  • discontinuings,
  • dis-continuation,
  • heave-hos,
  • dis continuations,
  • heaveho,
  • heave hos,
  • heavehos.
  •tie-up (noun)
  • tieup.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dormancy,
  • latency,
  • Abeyancy.
  •
  • quiescence.
  •Other relevant words:
  • conclude,
  • fail,
  • holiday,
  • nihilism,
  • end,
  • passiveness,
  • stand-down,
  • doubtful,
  • unpunctual,
  • tabula rasa,
  • negativeness,
  • hiatus,
  • cease-fire,
  • Inactively,
  • torpor,
  • stagnancy,
  • deferral,
  • breather,
  • doldrums,
  • stopping,
  • curiosity,
  • letup,
  • inertia,
  • caesura,
  • undecided,
  • drop,
  • nullity,
  • forbearance,
  • dubious,
  • renouncement,
  • vegetation,
  • retire,
  • languor,
  • stay,
  • indifference,
  • layoff,
  • interim,
  • cease,
  • leave off,
  • dangling,
  • give up,
  • relinquishment,
  • relinquish,
  • Inexistence,
  • indolence,
  • passivity,
  • discontinue,
  • Abjurement,
  • renunciation,
  • interval,
  • arrival,
  • vis inertiae,
  • hanging,
  • roving,
  • temporary removal,
  • withdraw,
  • lay off,
  • abandonment,
  • fetch up,
  • discontinuance,
  • truce,
  • day off,
  • Deathliness,
  • absence,
  • shelve,
  • restless,
  • serotine,
  • belated,
  • depart,
  • nonexistence,
  • stasis,
  • unsettled,
  • untimely,
  • hesitant,
  • abjure,
  • undetermined,
  • open,
  • variable,
  • pushed aside,
  • entropy,
  • halt,
  • no such thing,
  • postponed,
  • backward,
  • indeterminate,
  • inertness,
  • indecisive,
  • suppress,
  • abeyant,
  • intermezzo,
  • intermittence,
  • desist,
  • intermit,
  • nonbeing,
  • waiver,
  • lapse,
  • changeable,
  • interlude,
  • abjuration,
  • quit,
  • lacuna,
  • abatement,
  • deferment,
  • posthumous,
  • rest,
  • renounce,
  • deadliness,
  • delayed,
  • stagnation,
  • unpaid,
  • cede,
  • suspend,
  • catatonia,
  • unstable,
  • catalepsy,
  • uneasy,
  • on the shelf,
  • on hold,
  • hesitation,
  • closure,
  • breathing space,
  • stop,
  • nothingness,
  • apathy,
  • wait,
  • cold storage,
  • cloture,
  • hold up,
  • abstain,
  • reserved,
  • latent,
  • uncertain,
  • suspense,
  • tie up,
  • respite,
  • go away,
  • forgo,
  • dilatory,
  • outstanding,
  • nonentity,
  • in suspense,
  • discontinuity,
  • delay,
  • irresolute,
  • tabled,
  • resign,
  • shoved aside,
  • in reserve,
  • unresolved,
  • slow,
  • unsteady,
  • break off,
  • blank,
  • tardy,
  • Nihility,
  • resignation,
  • suspension system,
  • vacation,
  • late,
  • nil,
  • behindhand.

Paraphrases for Abeyance:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    suspension.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    suspense, limbo.

Antonyms for Abeyance:

• n.

  • being inactive or suspended
    activity, revival, continuance, operation, renewal, action, continuation.
  • in abeyance
    continued, in operation, in use.
  • Other antonyms:
    recommencement, resumption, resuscitation.

Abeyance Sentence Examples:

• John, meanwhile, sat collapsed, his chin sunk upon his chest, his mind in abeyance.

• Her promise lay in abeyance.

Homophones for Abeyance:

• apanage, apneic, avianize, avens, avenge, aphonic, apnoeic, appanage, affiance, apennines, abience, avionics, avianise, abnaki, avionic, apomixis.

Hypernym for Abeyance:

• n.

  • state
    recess, standdown, moratorium, stand-down, deferral, cold storage.

Hyponym for Abeyance:

• n.

  • state
    inaction, inactiveness, inactivity.