1. The act of suspending or the condition of being suspended, especially: 2. A temporary abrogation or deferment. 3. A debarment, as from office or privilege. 4. pause 5. The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into a following chord to create a temporary dissonance. 6. The tone so prolonged. 7. A device from which a mechanical part is suspended. 8. The system of springs and other devices that insulates the chassis of a vehicle from shocks transmitted through the wheels. 9. A relatively coarse, noncolloidal dispersion of solid particles in a liquid.
