suspend

/sə-ˈspend/

Middle English, from Anglo-French suspendre, from Latin suspendere, from sub-, sus- up + pendere to cause to hang, weigh

verb

  1. to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function

  2. to cause to stop temporarily

  3. to set aside or make temporarily inoperative

suspend a student from school

defer postpone suspend stay mean to delay an action or proceeding. defer implies a deliberate putting off to a later time. postpone implies an intentional deferring usually to a definite time.

idiom

  1. to hang (something) between (two things) by attaching it to both things

a wire suspended between two poles

idiom

  1. to allow oneself to believe that something is true even though it seems impossible

The plot is ridiculous, but if you can suspend disbelief, it's an enjoyable movie.