abeyance

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

vacant

vacance

suspension

en suspens

attente

tomber en désuétude

interruption

espérance

expectative

Synonymes

suspension

interruption

suspense

respite

deadlock

postponement

abortion

standstill

stalemate

pause

delay

procrastination

prorogation

protraction

setback

set-back

stoppage

suspending

undecided

cryocautery

cutting off

pendency

adjournment

esperance

ban

break

defer

deferment

deferral

discontinuance

halt

hang-up

point of view

postpone

Traductions

suspensión

pendência

suspensão

desuso

esperanza

suspenso

onbeheerdheid

Unentschiedenheit

Stillstand

Unterbrechung

εκκρεμότητα

expectativa

Schwebezustand

Stehenbleiben

Stagnation

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈbeɪ.əns/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).