Definitions
a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc.)
Word origin
Borrowed from Late Latin suspensiōnem (“arching, vaulting; suspension”), from suspendēre (“to hang up, to suspend”), from sub- (“under”) + pendere (“to hang, to suspend”), from Proto-Italic *pendō (“to hang, to put in a hanging position”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-e-ti, from *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”)). Compare Anglo-Norman suspensiun, French suspension, Occitan suspensio.
Used in a sentence
“suspension from a hook”
“Fear of dioxin emissions led to suspension of efforts to establish a waste-to-energy plant at the Brooklyn Navy yard.”
“As the solids clump together, they get heavier causing them to fall out of suspension in the water.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Temporary ban”10 letters
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