Entry: abeyant (adj.)
In context: "This had risks and exposures and was held abeyant until the directer route - to locate and secure a Master's cop of the Entertainment on their own - had been exhausted."
Definition: That is in a state of abeyance or suspension; dormant; latent.
Other:
SNOOT score: 2
Page: 719
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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