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)

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• winter sports
• winter-sweet
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• wintertide
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• wintle
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• Winton.
• wintrier
• wintriest