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noun
- 1. a judicial punishment which is not enforced unless a further crime is committed during a specified period: "a two-year suspended sentence"
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Sentence of imprisonment, not to be served, if the offender proves himself during the probation period
A suspended sentence is a sentence on conviction for a criminal offence, the serving of which the court orders to be deferred in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation. If the defendant does not break the law during that period and fulfills the particular conditions of the probation, the sentence is usually considered fulfilled. Wikipedia