Pendency

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The state of being pendent; suspension
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.
  • n. The quality or state of being undecided, or in continuance; suspense.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state of being suspended; an impending or hanging. The state of being undecided or in continuance: as, to wait during the pendency of a suit or petition.
  • n. The state of being impending or threatening.
  • Word Usage
    "In some areas, such as communications, pendency is running more than 30 months."
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    suspense    continuance    droop   
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