suspend

suspend
sus·pend vt
1: to debar temporarily from a privilege, office, or function
2 a: to stop temporarily
suspend trading
b: to make temporarily ineffective
suspend a license
c: stay
suspend a hearing
d: to defer until a later time see also suspended sentence at sentence

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

suspend
I verb arrest, break off, bring to a standstill, bring to a stop, cease, check, defer, delay, desist, differre, discharge, discontinue, halt, hinder, hold in abeyance, interfere with, intermit, intermittere, interrupt, lay aside, lay off, leave off, postpone, put off, remit, remove, shelve, stall, stay, stop, table, temporize associated concepts: suspend a license, suspend a sentence, suspend an employee, suspend payment, suspend the power of alienation, suspend the writ of habeas corpus II index adjourn, arrest (stop), balk, bar (exclude), cancel, cease, close (terminate), continue (adjourn), debar, defer (put off), desist, discharge (dismiss), discontinue (abandon), discontinue (break continuity), dismiss (discharge), disrupt, forestall, halt, hold up (delay) impede, inhibit, interrupt, leave (allow to remain), negate, nullify, obstruct, palliate (abate), pause, postpone, pretermit, procrastinate, prohibit, quit (discontinue), recess, remit (relax), remove (dismiss from office), revoke, stop, toll (stop)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


suspend
v.
(1) To put on hold; to postpone.
(2) To prevent someone from performing a job or attending school for a period of time as a punishment.
n.
suspension

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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  • suspend — [sə spend′] vt. [ME suspenden < OFr suspendre < L suspendere, to hang up < sus , for sub ,SUB + pendere, to hang: see PEND] 1. to bar or exclude as a penalty from an office, school, position, etc., usually for a specified time; debar 2.… …   English World dictionary

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  • suspend — 1 disbar, shut out, *exclude, eliminate, debar, blackball, rule out Analogous words: *eject, dismiss, oust: *banish, exile, ostracize 2 stay, intermit, postpone, *defer Analogous words: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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