suspension

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of officially stopping something for a time, or the period of this delay.

   Bad weather forced the suspension of the football match.

2. 2
   noun

   The punishment of barring a student or worker from school or work for a time.

   He received a three-day suspension from school for fighting.

3. 3
   noun

   The system of springs and shock absorbers that lets a vehicle ride smoothly.

   The car's soft suspension made the bumpy road feel smooth.

4. 4
   noun

   A mixture in which tiny solid particles float in a liquid without dissolving.

   Stir the medicine well, as the powder forms a suspension in the water.

Borrowed from Late Latin suspensiōnem (“arching, vaulting; suspension”), from suspendēre (“to hang up, to suspend”), from sub- (“under”) + pendere (“to hang, to suspend”), from Proto-Italic *pendō (“to hang, to put in a hanging position”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-e-ti, from *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”)). Compare Anglo-Norman suspensiun, French suspension, Occitan suspensio.

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