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Dictionary
1. (a.) Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.

2. (a.) Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.

3. (n.) The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury.

4. (a.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.

5. (n.) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.

Thesaurus
abeyance agitation all-overs angst anticipation anxiety anxiety hysteria anxiety neurosis anxious bench anxious concern anxious seat anxiousness apathy apprehension apprehensiveness cankerworm of care capriciousness care catalepsy catatonia chance chanciness changeableness cliff-hanging concern concernment danglement dangling deadliness deathliness dependence dependency disquiet disquietude distress disturbance dormancy doubt dread entropy erraticism erraticness excitement expectancy expectant waiting expectation fear fickleness foreboding forebodingness hanging hesitancy hesitation incalculability incertitude indecision indecisiveness indefiniteness indemonstrability indeterminacy indetermination indeterminism indifference indolence inertia inertness inquietude insecurity irresolution languor latency lotus-eating luck malaise misgiving moratorium nervous strain nervous tension nervousness overanxiety passiveness passivity pendency pendulosity pendulousness pensileness pensility perturbation pessimism pins and needles pucker randomness solicitude stagnancy stagnation stasis stew strain suspensefulness suspension tension torpor trouble unaccountability uncertainness uncertainty uncertainty principle undecidedness undeterminedness uneasiness unforeseeableness unpredictability unprovability unquietness unsureness unverifiability upset vacillation vegetation vexation vis inertiae waiting whimsicality zeal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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