abeyance /ə-bāˈəns/ or abeyancy /-ən-si/

1. A state of suspension or temporary inactivity
2. The state of being without a claimant (eg of a peerage)

abeyˈant adjective

• fit of the face
• fit on
• fit out
• fit-out
• fit-outs
• fits
• fits and starts
• fits of the mother
• fitt
• fitte
• fitted
• fitter
• fitters
• fittes
• fittest
• fit the bill
• fitting
• fittingly
• fittingness
• fitting-out
• fitting-out basin
• fitting-out basins
• fitting-out dock
• fitting-outs
• fitting-room