Definition of: suspend

(sə·spend′) v.t.
1. To bar for a time from a privilege, office, or function as a punishment; debar.
2. To cause to cease for a time; interrupt; withhold temporarily: to suspend payments on a debt.
3. To hold in a state of indecision or abeyance; withhold or defer action on: to suspend a sentence.
4. To hang from a support so as to allow free movement.
5. To sustain in a body of nearly the same specific gravity; keep in suspension, as dust motes in the air.
—v.i.
6. To stop for a time.
7. To fail to meet obligations; stop payment. [<OF suspendre <L sub- under + pendere hang] Synonyms: debar, defer, delay, discontinue, fail, hang, hinder, intermit, interrupt, stay, stop, withhold. See ADJOURN. Antonyms: begin, continue, expedite, prolong, protract.