suspense

The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.

For thee the Fates, severely kind, ordain / A cool suspense from pleasure and from pain; / Thy life a long dead calm of fix'd repose; / No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.

the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.

The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.

Ten days the prophet in suspense remain'd.

I believe that, to the young, suspense is the most intolerable suffering. Active misery always brings with it its own power of endurance.

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.

A deadline.

She sent us that assignment with a suspense of noon tomorrow.

Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.

[The great light of day] suspens in heav'n.

Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.

Expectation held his look suspense.