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abeyance

How to use abeyance in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for abeyance.

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So the plea in abeyance will show up.

Examples9
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

temporary cessation or suspension

Meaning at a glance

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noun

temporary cessation or suspension

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for abeyance.

noun

temporary cessation or suspension

Example sentences

1

So the plea in abeyance will show up.

2

My misdemeanor, from 2016 was a plea in abeyance.

3

In any case, a 60-day abeyance is nothing compared to the waits required for "take it to the courts".

4

I generally agree, but 3 is in abeyance right now; I'm getting faster delivery times from other places.

5

It squares with what I've read in books like Mindfulness in Plain English -- that some desirable mental states are achieved when certain harmful habits of the mind are in abeyance.

6

In the zero-sum world we're heading towards right now, where normal institutional procedures are in abeyance, expect brands to topple like dominos.

7

An abomination, a monstrosity, an atrocity in abeyance, awaiting only the press of a button to unleash enormities untold?

8

Many native English speakers might have trouble with a few of these: abeyance, abscission, accretion, amalgamate, anodyne, antediluvian, apposite, arabesque, atavism, and avuncular.

9

It means that either:- "collective pre-existing rights became held in abeyance because so many rightsholders died" -- This assumes the living natives were not the owners of what was still there, either because they were propertyless, or the dead rightsholders didn't have a way to transfer property rights - which they would necessarily, historically have had for rights to have been a pre-existing Native American cultural notion - at the very instant they met the explorers.- "the natives didn't have a notion of property rights, but the explorers did.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use abeyance in a sentence?

So the plea in abeyance will show up.

What does abeyance mean?

temporary cessation or suspension

What part of speech is abeyance?

abeyance is commonly used as noun.