suspension

noun

1. 1

   a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)

2. 2

   the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

   there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait

3. 3

   a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle

4. 4

   an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

5. 5

   temporary cessation or suspension

6. 6

   a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy

7. 7

   a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something