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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Pendency

· Pend·en·cy · IPA
01 n. The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.
  2. 2.
    The quality or state of being undecided, or in continuance; suspense; as, the pendency of a suit.