held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.-expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.-the state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury.-cessation for a time; stop; pause.-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.