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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abeyance /əˈbeɪəns/

▶noun a state of temporary disuse or suspension.

■ Law the position of being without an owner or claimant.

– derivatives
abeyant adjective.

– origin C16: from OFr. abeance ‘aspiration to a title’, from abeer ‘aspire after’, from a- ‘towards’ + beer ‘to gape’.

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