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Definition of nonce : The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; - chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.

Synonyms:

time being

Usage examples:

• They had dinner, such as it was; but Bertie had lost his appetite, and was for the nonce contented with meagre fare. - "A Hero of Romance", Richard Marsh.
• He had plenty to eat in his saddle- bags, but he put the temptation to refresh himself aside as unworthy, for the nonce, of his higher self. - "Sundown Slim", Henry Hubert Knibbs.
• The Confederates' progress is arrested for the nonce. - "The Campaign of Chancellorsville", Theodore A. Dodge.