abeyance

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Expectancy of a noble or armigeral title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended.

Έννοιες

εκκρεμότητα

αναβολή

αναστολή

απροσέλευστος

εκκρεμότης

εκρεμότητα

προσδοκία

προσωρινή αδράνεια

άποψη

σχολάζων

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/əˈbeɪ.əns/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

First attested in 1528. From Anglo-Norman abeiance (“legal expectation”), from Old French abeance (“desire”) from abeër (“to gape at, aspire after”), abaer, abair (“to desire”), from a (“to”) + baër (“to gape”), bair (“yawn”), from Medieval Latin batō (“to yawn”).

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