delay
Noun
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is a type of: break, intermission, interruption, pause, suspension - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of somethingsubtypes:
- extension - a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
- moratorium - a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged
- retardation - the extent to which something is delayed or held back
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is a type of: inactivity - being inactive; being less activesubtypes:
- break, disruption, gap, interruption - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- demurrage - detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
- forbearance - a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
- deferment, deferral, postponement - act of putting off to a future time
- cunctation, procrastination, shillyshally - the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
- lag, retardation, slowdown - the act of slowing down or falling behind
- dalliance, dawdling, trifling - the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
- filibuster - (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
- lingering, tarriance - the act of tarrying
same as: holdup
Verb
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subtypes:
- hesitate, pause - interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
- dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall - postpone doing what one should be doing
- procrastinate - postpone or delay needlessly
- defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table - hold back to a later time
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