Word: suspension
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sus
pen
sion
Definition: The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
Morphemes:
Affix: suspend
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
Affix: -sion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Variant of -tion, most common in words inherited directly from Latin with an accusative singular ending in -sionem.