(a period of) legal authorization to delay payment of debts; a temporary and agreed delay or stopping

suspension

(an order giving authority for) the delay or cancelling of punishment (especially by death)

relief of blame, responsibility

a period of relief or rest (from work, suffering, anything unpleasant)

pause, suspension in activity

the act of suspending or being suspended; the set of bars, shock absorbers, springs and swivels on which the chassis of a car rests in order to make movement softer

delay