abeyance

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a·bey·ance /əˈbeɪəns/ noun

in abeyance AVAILABLEsomething such as a custom, rule, or system that is in abeyance is not being used at the present time 搁置；中止；暂缓

fall into abeyance (=no longer be used) 停用

Examples from the Corpus

fall into abeyance• The umbrella group we'd formed in 1987 had fallen into abeyance, but the name still meant something.• In some forests the local Forest courts also had fallen into abeyance.• The result is that any notion of musical futurism has fallen into abeyance.• The Forest law fell into abeyance.• The match fell into abeyance when the Druids had too few golfing Brothers.• The following year Civil War was declared, and drainage works fell into abeyance.

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abeyance• Theoretically, she can dissolve Parliament without advice, but the right has been in abeyance for years.• The Basqueness that is in abeyance in Biarritz returns in full as you drive south from there towards the frontier.• Like a stranger in a strange land, he travelled with his other life in abeyance.• For some time thereafter matters of defence, policy and filial duties were in abeyance.• In abeyance at the moment is a cricket pitch.• The following year Civil War was declared, and drainage works fell into abeyance.

Origin abeyance

(1500-1600) Old French abeance “expectation”, from abaer “to desire”, from baer; → ABASHED

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