suspend

To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment.

To cause to stop for a period; interrupt.

To hold in abeyance; defer: synonym: defer.

To render temporarily ineffective.

To hold or prolong (a note or notes) in suspension.

To hang so as to allow free movement.

To support or keep from falling without apparent attachment, as by buoyancy.

To disperse or put (particles, for example) in suspension.