suspension
noun
[ səˈspɛnʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of suspending someone or something or the condition of being suspended.
• "the suspension of military action"
Similar:
adjournment,
interruption,
postponement,
delay,
deferral,
deferment,
shelving,
stay,
moratorium,
arrest,
intermission,
interlude,
prorogation,
tabling,
abeyance,
rescheduling,
hiatus,
lacuna,
lull,
rest,
break,
pause,
respite,
armistice,
cessation,
end,
halt,
stoppage,
cutting short,
dissolution,
disbandment,
termination,
exclusion,
debarment,
removal,
temporary removal,
elimination,
rejection,
expulsion,
ejection,
eviction,
rustication,
• the system of springs and shock absorbers by which a vehicle is supported on its wheels.
• "modifications have been made to the car's rear suspension"
• a mixture in which particles are dispersed throughout the bulk of a fluid.
• "a suspension of maize starch in arachis oil"
• a discord made by prolonging a note of a chord into the following chord.
Origin:
late Middle English: from French, or from Latin suspensio(n- ), from the verb suspendere (see suspend).
