A suspension is a temporary stoppage. If you receive one in school, you temporarily can't attend classes and if the referee gives you one, you have to sit out for the rest of the game.
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency;
Noun
a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)
Noun
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
Noun
a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
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an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Noun
temporary cessation or suspension
Noun
a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
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a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
n.
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended;
pendency; as, suspension from a hook.
n.
Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation
n.
Of labor, study, pain, etc.
n.
Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask
a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced.
n.
Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a
mercantile firm or of a bank.
n.
Of punishment, or sentence of punishment.
n.
Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office,
powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a
clergyman.
n.
Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the
suspension of the habeas corpus act.
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A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as,
the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
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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.
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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.
n.
A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence
condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application
to the lord ordinary.
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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.
Suspension
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency;
Usage Examples
That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.
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Other Usage ExamplesMusicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's no fourth wall.
Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.
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