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Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty..

Straightways :: Straightway (adv.) Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.

Postponement :: Postponement (n.) The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay..

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation.

Dally :: Dally (v. i.) To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle..

Procedendo :: Procedendo (n.) In English practice, a writ issuing out of chancery in cases where the judges of subordinate courts delay giving judgment, commanding them to proceed to judgment..

Bode :: Bode (n.) A stop; a halting; delay.

Directly :: Directly (adv.) Straightway; next in order; without delay; immediately.

Imparlance :: Imparlance (n.) Hence, the delay or continuance of a suit..

Postpone :: Postpone (v. t.) To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely..

Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment..

Delayingly :: Delayingly (adv.) By delays.

Tarry :: Tarry (n.) Stay; stop; delay.

Roundel :: Roundel (a.) A rondelay.

Delayment :: Delayment (n.) Hindrance.

Flagging :: Flagging (a.) Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying..

Cunctation :: Cunctation (n.) Delay; procrastination.

Demur :: Demur (v. t.) To cause delay to; to put off.

Cunctative :: Cunctative (a.) Slow; tardy; dilatory; causing delay.

Deferment :: Deferment (n.) The act of delaying; postponement.

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