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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Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck.
Failure :: Failure (n.) A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business..
Lunacy :: Lunacy (n.) A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism..
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act..
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..
Interruption :: Interruption (n.) Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.
Syncopist :: Syncope (n.) A pause or cessation; suspension.
Preparation :: Preparation (n.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension..
Apnoea :: Apnoea (n.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.
Abeyance :: Abeyance (n.) Suspension; temporary suppression.
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Of labor, study, pain, etc..
Filter :: Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..
Reprieve :: Reprieve (n.) A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death..
Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.
Sist :: Sist (n.) A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings.
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Of punishment, or sentence of punishment..
Hesitation :: Hesitation (n.) The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.
Hanging :: Hanging (n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
Bifilar :: Bifilar (a.) Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance..
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