abeyance

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

pendência

suspensão

inatividade temporária

vacância

vagatura

vacatura

expetativa

expectativa

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

suspensión

vacant

vacance

en suspens

suspension

expectativa

tomber en désuétude

attente

Unentschiedenheit

Unterbrechung

Stillstand

εκκρεμότητα

onbeheerdheid

esperanza

desuso

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/əˈbeɪ.əns/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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”).