in abeyance
prep_phraseDefinitions
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.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA