abeyance - appropriate for LJ
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scottobearabeyance \uh-BAY-uhn(t)s\, noun:
Suspension; temporary cessation.
Abeyance derives from Medieval French abeance, "expectation," from abeer, from a-, "to" (from Latin ad-) + baer, beer, "to gape (at)," from Late Latin batare, "to gape."
Suspension; temporary cessation.
Abeyance derives from Medieval French abeance, "expectation," from abeer, from a-, "to" (from Latin ad-) + baer, beer, "to gape (at)," from Late Latin batare, "to gape."
