Suspend vs. Reprieve — What's the Difference?

Temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect

To prevent or suspend the punishment of (someone, especially a convicted criminal).

Hang (something) from somewhere

To prevent or suspend (a punishment).

(of solid particles) be dispersed throughout the bulk of a fluid

To bring relief to

Prolong (a note of a chord) into a following chord, usually so as to produce a temporary discord.

To prevent the imposition of a scheduled or expected punishment, especially temporarily.

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

The prevention or suspension of a scheduled or expected punishment.

To cause to stop for a period; interrupt

A court order or other official notification preventing or suspending a scheduled or expected punishment.

To halt something temporarily.

Temporary relief, as from danger or pain.

To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.

(transitive) To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.

To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.

(transitive) To bring relief to someone.

To hang freely; underhang.

To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).

To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.

To abandon or postpone plans to close, withdraw or abolish (something).

(obsolete) To make to depend.

The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.

To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.

A document authorizing such an action.

(chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.

Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.

To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.

A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.

To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.

To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.

To relieve for a time, or temporarily.

To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.

A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.

To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion.

Interval of ease or relief; respite.

To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club.

A (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort

To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative body.

An interruption in the intensity or amount of something

To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.

A warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)

To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank).

The act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment

Hang freely;

Postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid;

Relieve temporarily

Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;

Make inoperative or stop;

As of a prison sentence