Suspension vs. Expulsion
Suspensionnoun
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
āsuspension from a hookā;
Expulsionnoun
The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
āThe scandal involved every member of the high school's football team, resulting in a flurry of expulsions, starting with the quarterback.ā;
Suspensionnoun
A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
Expulsionnoun
The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.
āThe expulsion of the Tarquins.ā;
Suspensionnoun
The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
Expulsionnoun
The state of being expelled or driven out.
Suspensionnoun
The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
Expulsionnoun
the act of forcing out someone or something;
āthe ejection of troublemakers by the policeā; āthe child's expulsion from schoolā;
Suspensionnoun
The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
Expulsionnoun
squeezing out by applying pressure;
āan unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tubeā; āthe expulsion of pus from the pimpleā;
Suspensionnoun
(education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
āsuspension from school as a disciplinary measureā;
Expulsionnoun
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
Suspensionnoun
(music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
Suspensionnoun
A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.
Suspensionnoun
(topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.
Suspensionnoun
(topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function's domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function's.
Suspensionnoun
(vehicle) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.
Suspensionnoun
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.
Suspensionnoun
Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation
Suspensionnoun
A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
Suspensionnoun
The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state.
Suspensionnoun
A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed.
Suspensionnoun
A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.
Suspensionnoun
The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation.
Suspensionnoun
a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
Suspensionnoun
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
Suspensionnoun
temporary cessation or suspension
Suspensionnoun
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Suspensionnoun
a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
Suspensionnoun
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely);
āthere was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portraitā;
Suspensionnoun
a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)
