Definitions for abeyances

abeyances a·bey·ance

Spelling: [uh-bey-uh ns]
IPA: /əˈbeɪ əns/

Abeyances is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 264 anagrams from letters in abeyances (aabceensy).

Definitions for abeyances

noun

  1. temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension:
  2. Law. a state or condition of real property in which title is not as yet vested in a known titleholder:

Origin of abeyances

1520-30; Anglo-French; Old French abeance aspiration, literally, a gaping at or toward. See a-5, bay2,

Examples for abeyances

So absorbed is he, that bodily pain and Sir Donald are in abeyance.

The pomp and magnificence of sunset were in abeyance to-night, were laid aside.

When a man is acting with his inclination, his will is in abeyance.

His will was in abeyance, and to her intense relief he got up and followed her.

That, however, was necessarily kept in abeyance during Jack's presence.

It would have been hard to bear had she not known what a triumph she held in abeyance.

The court will then hold the eleven felony allocutions in abeyance.

Perhaps they are sending Maria Angelina away to keep her in abeyance!

"The punishment lies in abeyance for the present," explained Hamish.

The subject stood in abeyance while she feasted and took thought.

Word Value for abeyances
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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