v.
     - halt temporarily.
 - debar temporarily from a post, duties, etc. as a punishment.
 - defer or delay (an action, event, or judgement). 
▸Law  (of a judge or court) cause (an imposed sentence) not to be enforced as long as no further offence is committed within a specified period.
 - hang from somewhere.
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(be suspended)
 be dispersed in a suspension.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - suspend payment
 (of a company) cease to meet its financial obligations as a result of insolvency or insufficient funds. 
    
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. suspendre or L. suspendere, from sub- ‘from below’ + pendere ‘hang’.