The word suspended is a past tense of the verb suspend. It originated from Latin word suspendere which means to hang. It was adapted as suspender by Old French and as suspenden by Middle English. When someone is suspended from something, he is barred or discontinued from a position or a privilege. For example: he was suspended for his ill conduct. Thus, suspend is also used to mean 'interrupt'. For example: suspended the hearings.
Hold in abeyance, defer, and hold off also mean suspend. For example: suspended the implementation of a law. It is thus, temporarily ineffective. For example: suspended a jail sentence. Suspend indicates 'hang freely in space'. For example: small lamp suspended from the ceiling. Suspended is synonymous to terminated, adjourned, postponed, shelved, and dangled.
Hold in abeyance, defer, and hold off also mean suspend. For example: suspended the implementation of a law. It is thus, temporarily ineffective. For example: suspended a jail sentence. Suspend indicates 'hang freely in space'. For example: small lamp suspended from the ceiling. Suspended is synonymous to terminated, adjourned, postponed, shelved, and dangled.
