Definition of suspension

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Suspension (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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Stupor :: Stupor (n.) Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.
Respite :: Respite (n.) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.
Interruption :: Interruption (n.) Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.
Sist :: Sist (n.) A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings.
Lockout :: Lockout (n.) The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages..
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation.
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Of punishment, or sentence of punishment..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck.
Strangurious :: Strangulation (n.) Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia..
Dredge :: Dredge (n.) Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
Lunacy :: Lunacy (n.) A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism..
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook..
Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber..
Syncopist :: Syncope (n.) A pause or cessation; suspension.
Holiday :: Holiday (n.) A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.
Guy :: Guy (n.) A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened..
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act..
Bifilar :: Bifilar (a.) Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance..
Suspensely :: Suspense (a.) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent..
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