abeyance

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

onbeheerdheid

onzekerheid

opschorting

perspectief

uitstel

verwachting

vooruitzicht

onbeslistheid

onbesuisdheid

afwachting

onbruik

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

suspensión

vacance

vacant

suspensão

en suspens

suspension

pendência

esperanza

tomber en désuétude

expectativa

Unterbrechung

attente

Unentschiedenheit

Stillstand

εκκρεμότητα

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/əˈbeɪ.əns/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).