Dictionary entries for 'suspend'

Synonyms

sus·pend (sə-spĕnd́)

[Middle English suspenden, from Old French suspendre, from Latin suspendere, sub-, from below; see sub–, + pendere, to hang.]

verb: -pend·ed, -pend·ing, -pends.

To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school.
To cause to stop for a period; interrupt: suspended the trial.
1. To hold in abeyance; defer: suspend judgment. See synonyms at defer¹
2. To render temporarily ineffective: suspend a jail sentence; suspend all parking regulations.
To hang so as to allow free movement: suspended the mobile from the ceiling.
To support or keep from falling without apparent attachment, as by buoyancy: suspend oneself in the water.