suspension
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
“suspension from a hook”
A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
Thus a kind of silt or sludge.
Etymology
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”)).
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SUSPENSION at a glance
SUSPENSION has 10 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (S 1 + U 1 + S 1 + P 3 + E 1 + N 1 + S 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,716 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with suspension
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