suspension

Noun

• a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)

• the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
  • there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait
    

• a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle

• an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

• temporary cessation or suspension

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

• a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  temporary removal , dangling , hanging , suspension system , respite , reprieve , hiatus , abatement , abeyance , pause , intermission , break , interruption