Abeyance: alternatives and connections

A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were H…

To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.

Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful.

Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not cont…

a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.

To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- sa…

Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition…

Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined.

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to t…

Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affect…

Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined.

Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation.

Alt. of Expectancy

To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate.

To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.

Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush;…

That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopa…