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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-887/
- Published: 2022-07-04T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-04T19:20:35.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

abeyance (noun):

1 : a state of temporary inactivity : suspension —used chiefly in the phrase *in abeyance*   
2 : a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abeyance?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Abeyance comes from Old French baer, meaning “to have the mouth wide open,” which was joined with the prefix a- to form abaer, a verb meaning “to open wide,” and, in later Anglo-French usage, “to expect or await.” There followed Anglo-French abeyance, which referred to a state of expectation—specifically, a person’s expectation of inheriting a title or property. The word, in English, was then applied for the expectation to the property itself: a property or title “in abeyance” is in temporary limbo, waiting to be claimed by a rightful heir or owner.

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