noun

1. a suspending or being suspended; specif.,
   1. a temporary barring from an office, school, etc.
   2. a temporary stoppage of payment, service, etc.
   3. a temporary canceling, as of rules
   4. a deferring of action on a sentence
   5. a holding back of a judgment, etc.
2. a supporting device or framework upon or from which something is suspended
3. the system of springs, shocks, etc. supporting a vehicle upon its undercarriage or axles
4. the act or means of suspending the balance or pendulum in a timepiece
5. Chem.
   1. the condition of a substance whose particles are dispersed through a fluid but not dissolved in it, esp. the condition of one having relatively large particles that will separate out on standing
   2. a substance in this condition
6. Music
   1. the continuing of one or more tones of one chord into a following chord while the other tones are changed, so that a temporary dissonance is created
   2. the tone or tones so continued

Etymology: ML suspensio < LL, an arching < L suspensus: see suspense