different between abeyance vs inaction

English

Etymology

First attested in 1528. From Anglo-Norman abeiance (“legal expectation”), from Old French abeance (“desire”) from abeër (“to gape at, aspire after”), abaer, abair (“to desire”), from a (“to”) + baër (“to gape”), bair (“yawn”), from Medieval Latin bat? (“to yawn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??be?.?ns/

Noun

abeyance (countable and uncountable, plural abeyances)

1. (law) Expectancy; condition of ownership of real property being undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16^th century]
2. Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. [Mid 17^th century]
3. (heraldry) Expectancy of a title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended.

Translations

References

English

Etymology

From French inaction, from in- + action.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?æk??n/

Noun

inaction (countable and uncountable, plural inactions)

1. Lack of action or activity or labor

   Synonyms: idleness, rest, inertness, inertia

Related terms

• inactive
• inactively
• inactivity

Translations

References

• inaction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• inaction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• intonaci, nicotian

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nak.sj??/

Noun

inaction f (plural inactions)

1. inactivity

Descendants

• Russian: ???????????? (bezdéjstvije), ???????????????? (bezdéjatel?nost?) (calques)