ABEYANCE
- a state of temporary activity suspension used chiefly in the phrase in abeyance.
- temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension.
- is a formal word that is almost always used in the phrase in abeyance to describe something in a temporary state of inactivitythat is, something in a state of suspension.
- temporary inactivity [n ABEYANCES]
- means a state of temporary inactivity.
- temporarily inactive
- temporary inactivity, also ABEYANCY [n -S]
SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark, and all intellectual property rights in and to the game of Scrabble® are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, which is a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. scrabble-solver.com is not affiliated with SCRABBLE®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way.