suspension

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PETA will try and get mileage out of this tragedy, but to disparage the name of this 20 year old kid who did his best in his very first Kentucky Derby by calling for his suspension is absolutely appalling.

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  1. noun The act of suspending or the condition of being suspended, especially:
  2. noun A temporary abrogation or cessation, as of a law or rule.
  3. noun A temporary debarment, as from school or a privilege, especially as a punishment.
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  • Speaking at length Tuesday for the first time since his suspension was announced by the NBA over the summer, Miles said he never took diet pills - the over-the-counter medication in which the banned stimulant he tested positive for, phentarmine, is most commonly found - and had never taken any medication other than what was prescribed by Portland's doctors and trainers. —  HoopsVibe
  • DiNunno said the biggest concern surrounding the suspension is the availability of players to come off the bench. —  Northern Star
  • "The E3 / EU recognize that this suspension is a voluntary confidence building measure and not a legal obligation." —  MyAntiwar.org
  • Under the law as it stands, the suspension was appropriate. —  Boing Boing
  • "This suspension is the result of an investigation as well as violations of the Municipal Tow Policy," the letter reads. —  New Haven Independent
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cessation ·  extension ·  separation ·  renewal ·  imprisonment ·  modification ·  transfer ·  lift ·  brake ·  absence ·  suppression ·  arrest

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suspension:   suspensions
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  1. from French suspension = Spanish suspension = Portuguese suspensão = Italian sospensione, from Latin suspensio(n-), the act or state of hanging up, a vaulting, from suspendere, past participle suspensus, hang up: see suspend.
 

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