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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being impending or threatening.
  • 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.

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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