in abeyance

prep_phrase

Definitions

  1. On hold

    On hold; at a moment of inactivity.

    • His defences were all in his wits and cunning, his very instincts of cunning, and when these were in abeyance he seemed doubly naked and like a child, of unfinished, tender flesh, and somehow struggling helplessly.
    • Then I hereby declare this treaty in abeyance.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for in abeyance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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