Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
- noun The state of being impending or threatening.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.
- noun The quality or state of being undecided, or in continuance; suspense.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
pendent ;suspension
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