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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Abeyance

/əb-ā'-əns/ · A·bey·ance · IPA /əˈbeɪ.ən(t)s/
01 n. Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.
  1. 1.
    Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.(Law)
  2. 2.
    Suspension; temporary suppression.
    “Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance.” De Quincey.