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αναστολή
suspension /anastoˈli/
nounB2#2103 most common
Also: deferment, postponement, stay (of a sentence)
Example sentences
Ο δικαστής έδωσε αναστολή στην ποινή του.
The judge gave him a suspended sentence.
Η αναστολή της δουλειάς μου κράτησε έναν μήνα.
The suspension of my job lasted one month.
Η εταιρεία ανακοίνωσε αναστολή των πληρωμών.
The company announced a suspension of payments.
Το δικαστήριο αποφάσισε αναστολή εκτέλεσης της ποινής για δύο χρόνια.
The court ordered a two-year suspension of the sentence's execution.
Η κυβέρνηση προχώρησε σε αναστολή λειτουργίας των σχολείων λόγω της κακοκαιρίας.
The government went ahead with a suspension of school operations because of the bad weather.
Η αναστολή της ισχύος ορισμένων συνταγματικών διατάξεων προκάλεσε έντονες αντιδράσεις στη διεθνή κοινότητα.
The suspension of certain constitutional provisions caused strong reactions in the international community.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η αναστολή | οι αναστολές |
| Genitive | της αναστολής | των αναστολών |
| Accusative | την αναστολή | τις αναστολές |
| Vocative | αναστολή | αναστολές |
Word family
αναστέλλωto suspend, hold back
ανασταλτικόςsuspensive, deterrent
διαστολήdilation, expansion
συστολήcontraction
επιστολήletterEtymology
Αναστολή comes from the verb αναστέλλω, itself built from the prefix ανά- (back, up) and στέλλω (to place, arrange, send). The verb originally meant to hold something back or check its course, and the noun αναστολή names that act of holding back. Over time it settled into legal and administrative Greek as the standard word for a formal suspension or stay.
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