equipendency

English

Etymology

From equi- +‎ pendency.

Noun

equipendency (uncountable)

  1. The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not being inclined or determined either way.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
      Wherefore, doubtless the will of man in the state of innocence had an entire freedom, a perfect equipendency and indifference to either part of the contradiction, to stand, or not to stand; to accept, or not accept the temptation.
    • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
      Notwithstanding this, the feet fell, heel and sole together, flat upon the ground, and left it, for the air's uncharted ways, with manifest repugnancy. The arms were content to dangle, in perfect equipendency.
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