[səˈspɛns], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen
(e.g: come on, Fran, don't keep me in suspense!)

- the temporary cessation or suspension of something


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French suspens ‘abeyance’, based on Latin suspensus ‘suspended, hovering, doubtful’, past participle of suspendere (see suspend)