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Delayment :: Delayment (n.) Hindrance.

Let :: Let (n.) A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic..

Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.

Roundelay :: Roundelay (n.) See Rondeau, and Rondel..

Mora :: Mora (n.) Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement..

Instant :: Instant (a.) Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.

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..

Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage..

Time :: Time (v. i.) To pass time; to delay.

Late :: Late (a.) After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early..

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..

Quickly :: Quickly (adv.) Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.

Delay :: Delay (n.) To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow..

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.

Procrastinate :: Procrastinate (v. i.) To delay; to be dilatory.

Forthwith :: Forthwith (adv.) Immediately; without delay; directly.

Belated :: Belated (a.) Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted.

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

Procrastinate :: Procrastinate (v. t.) To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance..

Procrastination :: Procrastination (n.) The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness..

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