in default of
Through the failure, absence, or lack of, as in In default of a better solution, we'll have to make do with this one. This term was originally put as for default of, but John Gower had the current wording in Confessio Amantis (1397): “The fish, if it be dry, might in default of water die.” [Late 1200s]
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in consideration of,
in corpore,
in creation,
in d.,
in deep,
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in defiance of,
in demand,
in depth,
in detail,
in dispute