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   Lim·bo

   /ˈlimbō/

   

   noun

   • 1. (in some Christian beliefs) the supposed abode of the souls of unbaptized infants, and of the just who died before Christ's coming.
   • 2. an uncertain period of awaiting a decision or resolution; an intermediate state or condition: "the fate of the Contras is now in limbo"
   • ▪ a state of neglect or oblivion: "children left in an emotional limbo"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from the medieval Latin phrase in limbo, from limbus ‘hem, border, limbo’.

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