A real estate agent’s license beingtemporarily withdrawn. Usually, reactivation isautomatic the day after the suspension is lifted.Compare: Revocation.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
suspension (noun)
1.
the act of the state or period of being as - suspending suspended
a) temporary removal (as from office or privileges)
b) temporary withholding (as of belief or decision)
c) temporary abrogation of a law or rule
d) (1) the holding over of one or more musical tones of a chord into the following chord producing a momentary discord and suspending the concord which the ear expects , specifically such a dissonance which resolves downward - compare anticipation retardation
(2) the tone thus held over
e) stoppage of payment of business obligations - failure used especially of a business or a bank
f) a rhetorical device whereby the principal idea is deferred to the end of a sentence or longer unit
2.
a) the act of hanging the state of being hung
b) (1) the state of a substance when its particles are mixed with but undissolved in a fluid or solid
(2) a substance in this state
(3) a system consisting of a solid dispersed in a solid, liquid, or gas usually in particles of larger than colloidal size - compare emulsion
3.
something suspended
4.
the means by which something is suspended , especially the system of devices (as springs) supporting the upper part of a vehicle on the axles
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
suspension (noun)
a state of temporary inactivity
SYNONYMS:
cold storage, deep freeze, doldrums, dormancy, holding pattern, latency, moratorium, quiescence, suspended animation, suspense, suspension
RELATED WORDS:
inaction, inertia, inertness, motionlessness; impasse, standstill; coma, hibernation, hypnosis, repose, rest, sleep, slumber, torpor; recess, recession, remission; downtime, idleness, layoff
NEAR ANTONYMS:
recommencement, renewal, resumption, resuscitation
continuance, continuation
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