'abeyance' in The Rachel Papers | 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

Her tongue, as yet, was held in abeyance

—p.103 Nine: the bathroom (91) by Martin Amis

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