Suspension

1. n. The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation.
2. n. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.
3. n. Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation
4. n. Of labor, study, pain, etc.
5. n. Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced.
6. n. Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank.
7. n. Of punishment, or sentence of punishment.
8. n. Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman.
9. n. Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act.
10. n. A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
11. 1n. 1 The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation.
12. 1n. 1 The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

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.