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Definition of delay

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Delay (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.

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Demurral :: Demurral (n.) Demur; delay in acting or deciding.

Lag :: Lag (a.) Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end..

Respite :: Respite (n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay..

Roundelay :: Roundelay (n.) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively.

Dally :: Dally (v. t.) To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

Headlong :: Headlong (a. & adv.) Hastily; without delay or respite.

Tardation :: Tardation (n.) The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation..

Deviation :: Deviation (n.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility..

Promt :: Promt (superl.) Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as, prompt assistance..

Check :: Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check..

Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.

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

Downright :: Downright (adv.) Without delay; at once; completely.

Forslack :: Forslack (v. t.) To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.

Slow :: Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..

Cunctator :: Cunctator (n.) One who delays or lingers.

Delay :: Delay (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration..

Delayer :: Delayer (n.) One who delays; one who lingers.

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..