Suspensive: alternatives and connections

To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public busine…

Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses;…

Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspens…

A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligati…

Slow; tardy; dilatory; causing delay.

To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or…

Characterized by ambiguity; dubious; as, a doubtful expression; a doubtful phrase.

The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing.

fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "du…

Tending to doubt; doubtful.

(Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretat…

To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, mus…

To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.

lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance; "uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his future"; "moving wit…

To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in…

To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense;…

Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.