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Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation.

Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber..

Suspense :: Suspensation (n.) The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended, especially for a short time; temporary suspension..

Pause :: Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..

Suspensely :: Suspense (a.) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent..

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc..

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank..

Trance :: Trance (n.) A condition, often simulating death, in which there is a total suspension of the power of voluntary movement, with abolition of all evidences of mental activity and the reduction to a minimum of all the vital functions so that the patient lies still and apparently unconscious of surrounding objects, while the pulsation of the heart and the breathing, although still present, are almost or altogether imperceptible..

Hesitation :: Hesitation (n.) The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.

Lockout :: Lockout (n.) The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages..

Interruption :: Interruption (n.) Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.

Pause :: Pause (n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

Strangurious :: Strangulation (n.) Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia..

Sist :: Sist (n.) A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings.

Swoon :: Swoon (v. i.) To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away..

Hypnotism :: Hypnotism (n.) A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object held before the eyes, or by pressure upon certain points of the surface of the body..

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook..

Ecstasy :: Ecstasy (n.) A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected..

Dependence :: Dependence (n.) The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.

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