Definition of suspending:
(v) :
To halt something temporarily.
(v) :
To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
(v) :
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
(v) :
To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
(v) :
To hang freely; underhang.
(v) :
To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.