'abeyance' in The Recognitions | Bookmarker

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(noun) a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested / (noun) temporary inactivity; suspension

fearing its confirmation of everything he imagined the darkness to hold in abeyance as he pulled a coat round him and shivered

—p.843 PART III (721) by William Gaddis

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