Fainting as a result of the body being held upright without any movement for a period of time, with the risk of death from cerebral hypoxia.

A musical device, commonplace in the Western classical tradition, whereby a suspension is formed through a note a fourth above the bass which resolves to a third.

(music) a suspension that consists of the ninth chord tone that resolves to the eighth (or the one).

(music) a suspension that has the suspended note a seventh (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) from the bass move down a step to the note in the chord where the suspension is happening that is a sixth (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) above the bass note

Suspension of disbelief.

(education) A type of primary and secondary school disciplinary method in which, for a given period of time, the students being punished are not allowed to attend school or be on the school campus for any reason.