pendency

pendency
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
State of hanging
Nouns
1. pendency, dependency, dependence, pendulousness, pendulosity, pensility; droop[ing], sag[ging], suspension, hanging, overhang.
2. pendant, drop, earring, eardrop, lavaliere, necklace; pedicel, pedicle, peduncle; hanging, lobe, wattle, tail, train, flag, tag, bob, skirt, tassel, swag; pigtail, queue; bell rope; pendulum, chandelier; appendage, appendix, addition; suspender, belt, garter, fastening, button; peg, knob, hook, hanger, nail, stud, ring, staple, pothook, tenterhook, spar; clothesline, clothespin; gallows.
Verbs
1. be pendent, hang, drape, depend, swing, dangle, droop, sag, draggle; bag; flap, trail, flow, overhang, project, jut.
2. suspend, pend, hang [up], sling, hook up, hitch, fasten to, append.
Adjectives — pendent, pendulous, pensile; hanging, pending, drooping, cernuous, flowing, loose; suspended, dependent; overhanging, projecting, jutting; pedunculate, tailed, caudate.
Antonyms, see support.

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