suspends
Puts on hold
Suspends is the present tense of suspend, which means to hang something from above or to temporarily stop or delay.
A chandelier suspends from the ceiling.
A school suspends a student as punishment.
A judge suspends a sentence, delaying its execution.
The company suspends operations during the investigation.
To be suspended is to be held in limbo—neither proceeding nor concluded.
Court-ordered behavioral requirement
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- stayRemain in position
abeyance · adjournment · reprieve · ruling · court order · sentence · judgment · license
Hang loosely, swaying
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- hangSuspend from above
- chandelierDecorative suspended light fixture
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
mobile · trapeze · hammock · clothesline · hook · rope · cord · rafter
Temporary cessation of activity
cease · arrest · discontinue · break · terminate · abort · cut · delay
Break in activity
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
- recessPause in activity
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- interludePause between sections
breather · time-out · lull · interval · gap · rest · dormancy · limbo
State of being submerged
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- fictionImagined narrative work
- narrativeAccount of events
- cinemaMotion picture theater
theater · imagination · escapism · audience · credulity · fantasy · illusion · absorption
injunction
Court-ordered behavioral requirement
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
stay · abeyance · adjournment · reprieve · ruling · court order · sentence · judgment · license · revocation
dangle
Hang loosely, swaying
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- hangSuspend from above
- chandelierDecorative suspended light fixture
pendulum · mobile · trapeze · hammock · clothesline · hook · rope · cord · rafter · canopy
pause
Temporary cessation of activity
interrupt · cease · arrest · discontinue · break · terminate · abort · cut · delay · hold
hiatus
Break in activity
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
- recessPause in activity
- respiteShort pause from hardship
interlude · breather · time-out · lull · interval · gap · rest · dormancy · limbo · pending
immersion
State of being submerged
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- fictionImagined narrative work
- narrativeAccount of events
cinema · theater · imagination · escapism · audience · credulity · fantasy · illusion · absorption · engagement
- punishespunishes, penalizes, disciplines, chastises, castigates
suspendscontinues
Proceeds without stopping
maintains · carries on · proceeds · perpetuates · sustains
suspendsresumes
Job applicants' summaries
restarts · recommences · picks up · reactivates · reinstates
- suspension bridgesRoadways hung from cables
- suspended animationHalted vital functions, reversible
- suspend one's disbeliefAccept fiction as real temporarily
- school suspensionPunishment barring student attendance
- suspension of hostilitiesAgreed halt to combat
- suspended licenseDriving privilege temporarily removed
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