Suspense

1. 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.
2. a. Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
3. a. Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.
4. a. The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury.
5. a. Cessation for a time; stop; pause.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.