(noun) a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested / (noun) temporary inactivity; suspension
a bold measure in principal which is left permanently in abeyance in practice
So long as the situation regarding removal was in abeyance, we had not been able to proceed with many of our pretrial motions
with unions in abeyance, utilities and railways denationalized
looking for something, yes, abeyant treasure – the bedrock of himself in other words
weird
class struggle fell into abeyance
Through cinema, his films tell us, time can be held in abeyance for a moment
I am in a state of cowed abeyance, like someone who has been whipped—or laid low after pride.
we create ourselves and find our way in the world in the abeyance between fantasy and self-actualization, Hamlet's interregnum, we might call it
the mind putting the 'understanding' into abeyance
But laws and regulations held in abeyance – as they are in free zones or special economic zones that so often flank ports – are also crucial in creating the pulsating economic macro-organisms that port systems are today
States can also choose to create enclaves where laws and regulations are held in abeyance, ostensibly to spur commerce.
wellness an illusory Eden where death is held in permanent abeyance
love it
freedom of the press, of public meeting, of trade union organization, of political organization and of election, were either severely limited or in abeyance
the mind putting 'understanding' into abeyance
However, this project remained in abeyance, partly on account of its intrinsic aporias and partly because this was not the main problem to be confronted
Her tongue, as yet, was held in abeyance
they stood side by side, sustaining a perilous abeyance between them, and weighing the room before them in the balance
fearing its confirmation of everything he imagined the darkness to hold in abeyance as he pulled a coat round him and shivered
held in abeyance while the passion plays itself out