abeyance
abeyance is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Suspension; temporary suppression. Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. De Quincey.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- blunt
- dead
- dormant
- dull
- dullness
- fire
- flat
- gas
- hang
- heavy
- inaction
- inactive
- inactively
- inactivity
- inert
- inertia
- inertion
- inertness
- inexcitability
- irresolution
- languor
- latency
- latent
- lifeless
- mental
- metal
- noble
- obstinacy
- paraffin
- passive
- passivity
- permanence
- quiescence
- rare
- slack
- sloth
- slow
- sluggish
- smolder
- smoldering
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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