States and conditions
Synonyms for abeyance
The synonym for abeyance recorded in this bank is suspension, in the sense "a state of temporary suspension or inactivity". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for abeyance
- suspensionnoun, in the sense "a state of temporary suspension or inactivity"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for abeyance.
a state of temporary suspension or inactivity
The building project was held in abeyance until the funding dispute was settled.
The true synonym
suspension
Same sentence, swapped: The building project was held in suspension until the funding dispute was settled.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- attrition
- abdication
- aversion
Where abeyance turns up in the game
abeyance is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play abeyance
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so abeyance reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other states and conditions words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. abeyance carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.