suspensive

/səs'pensiv/

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The committee's decision remains suspensive until the final vote.

Definition

Adjective:
- Causing or characterized by suspense: Creating a feeling of anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
- Undecided or characterized by indecisiveness: Tending to delay a decision or conclusion; provisional.

Usage

The primary use of suspensive is as a formal adjective to describe situations, conditions, or actions that create suspense or that are temporary and not yet finalized.
It is often used in legal, formal, or literary contexts.

Examples

The final chapter of the novel was intensely suspensive, leaving readers anxious for the sequel.
The committee issued a suspensive veto, delaying the implementation of the new policy until further review.
His suspensive manner during the negotiations frustrated everyone who wanted a clear answer.

Advanced Usage

Suspensive condition: In law, a condition that delays the enforcement of a right or obligation until a future uncertain event occurs.
- The contract's effectiveness was subject to a suspensive condition regarding the buyer's financing.
Suspensive appeal: A legal appeal that has the effect of postponing the execution of a judgment.
- Filing a suspensive appeal halted the eviction process.

Variants and Related Words

Suspend (verb): To temporarily stop or delay something.
- The judge decided to suspend the sentence.
Suspension (noun): The act of suspending or the state of being suspended.
- The suspension of the flight caused widespread inconvenience.
Suspense (noun): A state of mental uncertainty and anxiety.
- The film masterfully built up the suspense.

Synonyms

Provisional: Arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later.
Pending: Awaiting decision or settlement.
Cliffhanging: Causing suspense like the end of an episode of a serial.

Antonyms

Conclusive: Serving to prove a case; decisive.
Definitive: (of a conclusion or agreement) done or reached decisively and with authority.
Final: Coming at the end; last.

Related Phrases

To hold in suspense: To keep someone in a state of anxious uncertainty.
- The author held her readers in suspense until the final page.
Suspense account: In accounting, a temporary account used to hold entries until their proper classification is determined.
- The unidentifiable payment was placed in a suspense account.

The committee's decision remains suspensive until the final vote.

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