abeyance
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:26 pm
1. The condition of being temporarily set aside; suspension: held the plan in abeyance.
John, meanwhile, sat collapsed, his chin sunk upon his chest, his mind in abeyance.
Katharine's common sense, which had been in abeyance for the past week or two, still failed her, and she could only ask, "But where's your luggage?
But in a very short time, all these efforts at communal legislation fell into abeyance.
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John, meanwhile, sat collapsed, his chin sunk upon his chest, his mind in abeyance.
Katharine's common sense, which had been in abeyance for the past week or two, still failed her, and she could only ask, "But where's your luggage?
But in a very short time, all these efforts at communal legislation fell into abeyance.
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