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suspend
(redirected from suspending disbelief)

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suspend verb arrest, break off, bring to a standstill, bring to a stop, cease, check, defer, delay, desist, differre, discharge, discontinue, halt, hinder, hold in abeyance, innerfere with, intermit, intermittere, interrupt, lay aside, lay off, leave off, postpone, put off, remit, remove, shelve, stall, stay, stop, table, temporize
Associated concepts: suspend a license, suspend a sentence, suspend an employee, suspend payment, suspend the power of alienation, suspend the writ of habeas corpus
See also: abandon, abate, adjourn, arrest, balk, bar, cancel, cease, close, continue, debar, defer, delay, desist, discharge, discontinue, dismiss, disrupt, exclude, forestall, halt, hold up, impede, inhibit, interrupt, leave, negate, nullify, obstruct, palliate, pause, postpone, pretermit, procrastinate, prohibit, quit, recess, relax, remit, remove, revoke, stop, terminate, toll


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