quiescence
[noun]
Synonyms: abeyance, abeyancy, cold storage, doldrums, dormancy, intermission, interruption, latency, quiescency, suspension

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quiescence noun. [kwɪ'ɛs(ǝ)ns, kwʌɪ-] M17.
[Late Latin quiescentia, formed as QUIESCENT: see -ENCE.]
1. The state or condition of being quiescent; inertia, dormancy; an instance of this. M17.
■ R. Lindner A period of quiescence and recovery necessarily follows each high point in therapy.
■ J. C. Oates Hiram's sleepwalking..flared up again..after some months of quiescence.

2. Semitic Grammar. The process of a consonant's becoming quiescent or silent. E19.

■ quiescency noun = QUIESCENCE noun 1 M17.

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