[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

suspension \suspen"sion\, n. cf. f. suspension, l. suspensio
   arched work, imperfect pronunciation. see suspend.
   1. the act of suspending, or the state of being suspended;
      pendency; as, suspension from a hook.
      1913 webster

   2. especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation;
      as:
      a of labor, study, pain, etc.
      b of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask
          a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of
          evidence to be produced.
      c of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a
          mercantile firm or of a bank.
      d of punishment, or sentence of punishment.
      e of a person in respect of the exercise of his office,
          powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a
          student or of a clergyman.
      f of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the
          suspension of the habeas corpus act.
          1913 webster

   3. a conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the
      suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
      1913 webster

   4. the state of a solid when its particles are mixed with,
      but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation
      by straining; also, any substance in this state.
      1913 webster

   5. rhet. a keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive
      expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the
      inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations
      employed.
      1913 webster

   6. scots law a stay or postponement of execution of a
      sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension
      granted on application to the lord ordinary.
      1913 webster

   7. mus. the prolongation of one or more tones of a chord
      into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary
      discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. cf.
      retardation.
      1913 webster

   pleas in suspension law, pleas which temporarily abate or
      suspend a suit.

   points of suspension mech., the points, as in the axis or
      beam of a balance, at which the weights act, or from which
      they are suspended.

   suspension bridge, a bridge supported by chains, ropes, or
      wires, which usually pass over high piers or columns at
      each end, and are secured in the ground beyond.

   suspension of arms mil., a short truce or cessation of
      operations agreed on by the commanders of contending
      armies, as for burying the dead, making proposal for
      surrender or for peace, etc.

   suspension scale, a scale in which the platform hangs
      suspended from the weighing apparatus instead of resting
      upon it.
      1913 webster

   syn: delay; interruption; intermission; stop.
        1913 webster
see also:
suspend retardation pleas in suspension points of suspension suspension bridge suspension of arms 
suspension scale 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

suspension
     n 1: a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid
          where they are supported by buoyancy
     2: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation
        of something syn: pause, intermission, break, interruption
     3: temporary cessation or suspension syn: abeyance
     4: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
        syn: respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
     5: a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting
        the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
        syn: suspension system
     6: the act of suspending something hanging it from above so it
        moves freely; "there was a small ceremony for the hanging
        of the portrait" syn: dangling, hanging
     7: a temporary debarment from a privilege or position etc
        syn: temporary removal
see also:
pause intermission break interruption abeyance respite 
reprieve hiatus abatement suspension system dangling 
hanging temporary removal 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

259 moby thesaurus words for "suspension":
   abandonment, abeyance, abjuration, abjurement, abolishment,
   abolition, abrogation, adaptation, afterthought, annulment,
   arrangement, bind, block, blockage, breach, break, breath,
   breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell,
   breathing time, bureaucratic delay, caesura, cancel, canceling,
   cancellation, cashiering, cassation, catharsis, cease-fire,
   cessation, cigarette break, cleansing, clearance, cocktail hour,
   coffee break, cold storage, concluding, conclusion, conge,
   countermand, counterorder, danglement, dangling, day off,
   debarring, deconsecration, defeasance, deferment, defrocking,
   delay, delayage, delayed reaction, delaying, deliverance, denial,
   dependence, dependency, deportation, deposal, deposition,
   deprivation, desistance, detachment, detention, dethronement,
   disbarment, disbarring, discard, discharge, discontinuance,
   discontinuation, discrownment, disemployment, disenthronement,
   disjunction, dismissal, displacement, displacing, disposal,
   disposition, doldrums, dormancy, double take, downtime, dragging,
   drop, drumming out, ejection, elimination, emotional release, end,
   ending, enforced respite, eradication, eviction, exclusion,
   excommunication, exile, expatriation, expulsion, finish, firing,
   fissure, forbearance, forced resignation, forced separation,
   freeing, furloughing, gap, halt, hang-up, hanging, happy hour,
   harmonization, hesitation, hiatus, hibernation, hindrance, hold-up,
   holdup, holiday, immobility, impeachment, inaction, inactiveness,
   inactivity, inertia, instrumentation, interim, interlude,
   intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interruption, interval,
   intonation, invalidation, jam, kicking upstairs, lacuna, lag,
   lagging, lapse, latency, layoff, letup, liquidation, logjam, lull,
   modulation, moratorium, motionlessness, nonexercise, nullification,
   obstruction, orchestration, ostracism, ousting, outlawing,
   outlawry, overthrow, overthrowal, paperasserie, pause, pendency,
   pendulosity, pendulousness, pensileness, pensility, pensioning off,
   period, phrasing, pink slip, postponement, preparation, purgation,
   purge, purging, quiescence, quiescency, recall, recantation,
   recess, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, rejection, release,
   relinquishment, remission, removal, renege, renouncement,
   renunciation, repeal, reprieve, rescinding, rescindment,
   rescission, resignation, resolution, respite, rest, retardance,
   retardation, retirement, retraction, reversal, revocation, revoke,
   revokement, riddance, setting, setting aside, severance, slow-up,
   slowdown, slowness, solution, spell, stand-down, stay,
   stay of execution, stop, stoppage, superannuation, surcease,
   surplusing, suspense, tea break, termination, the ax, the boot,
   the bounce, the gate, the sack, ticket, tie-up, time lag, time out,
   tone painting, transcription, truce, unchurching, underactivity,
   unfrocking, unseating, vacation, vacatur, voidance, voiding, wait,
   waiver, waiving, walking papers, withdrawal, write-off

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

suspension
     
        in lazy evaluation, a suspension or in henderson's
        terminology, a "recipe" is a closure with a flag indicating
        whether the expression has been evaluated or not.  when the
        expression is evaluated the first time, this flag is set.
        subsequent requests for the value of the expression will not
        attempt to re-evaluate it.
     
        1995-02-06
     
     
see also:
lazy evaluation closure 

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

suspension. a temporary stop of a right, of a law, and the like. 
     2. in times of war the habeas corpus act maybe suspended by lawful 
authority. 
     3. there may be a suspension of an officer's duties or powers, when he 
is charged with crimes. wood's inst. 510. 
     4. suspension of a right in an estate is a partial extinguishment, or 
an extinguishment for a time. it differs from an extinguishment in this. a 
suspended right may be revived; one extinguished is absolutely dead. bac. 
ab. extinguishment, a. 
     5. the suspension of a statute for a limited time operates so as to 
prevent its operation for the time, but it hits not the effect of a repeal. 
3 dall. 365. 

[6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

suspension, scotch law. that form of law by which the effect of a sentence-
condemnatory, that has not yet received execution, is stayed or postponed, 
till the cause be again considered. ersk. prin. l. scotl. 4, 3, 5. 
suspension is competent also, even where there is no decree, for putting a 
stop to any illegal act whatsoever. id. 4, 3, 7. 
     2. letters of suspension bear the form of a summons, which contains a 
warrant to cite the charger, ib. 

[7] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

suspension, eccl. law. an ecclesiastical censure, by which a spiritual 
person is either interdicted tho exercise of his ecclesiastical function, or 
hindered from receiving the profits of his benefice. it may be partial or 
total; for a limited time, or forever, when it is called deprivation or 
amotion. ayl. parerg. 501. 

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