To cause to hang; make to depend from anything; hang: as, to suspend a ball by a thread; hence, to hold, or keep from falling or sinking, as if by hanging: as, solid particles suspended in a liquid.To make to depend (on).To cause to cease for a time; hinder from proceeding; interrupt; stay; delay: as, all business was suspended.To hold undetermined; refrain from forming or concluding definitely: as, to suspend one's opinion.To debar, usually for a time, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, or from the enjoyment of income: as, a student suspended for some breach of discipline (rarely, in this use, suspended from college).To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect: as, to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act; to suspend the rules of a deliberative assembly.In music, to hold back or postpone the progression of (a voice-part) while the other parts proceed, usually producing a temporary discord. See suspension, 5.To cease from operation; desist from active employment; specifically, to stop payment, or be unable to meet one's engagements.