Etymology : Middle English, from Old French suspendre to hang up, interrupt, from Latin suspendere, from sub-, sus- up + pendere to cause to hang, weigh
Pronunciation : s&-spend
Function : verb
Date : 14th century
1. hung; stopped for a period of time; postponed, deferred; made temporarily ineffective; temporarily debarred from an office or privilege, expelled. suspendedsuspension \sus*pen"sion\ , n. [cf. f. suspension, l. suspensio arched work, imperfect pronunciation. see:
suspend.].
2. the act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.
3. 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.
4. a conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
5. 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.
6. (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.
7. (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.
8. (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.
9. supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; "suspended matter such as silt or mud..."; "dust particles suspended in the air"; "droplets in suspension in a gas".
10. To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.
11. To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.
12. To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.
13. To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion.
14. To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club.
15. To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative body.
16. To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
17. To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements . cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles" make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan" hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them" bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. as of a prison sentence.
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