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abeyance (en)

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

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson


freedom of the press, of public meeting, of trade union organization, of political organization and of election, were either severely limited or in abeyance

—p.79 The Free-born Englishman (77) by E.P. Thompson
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