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Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.

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

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.

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

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

Pause :: Pause (n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to 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..

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

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

Delayingly :: Delayingly (adv.) By delays.

Temporize :: Temporize (v. t.) To delay; to procrastinate.

Lache :: Lache (n.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.

Lingering :: Lingering (a.) Delaying.

Remorate :: Remorate (v. t.) To hinder; to delay.

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

Dalliance :: Dalliance (n.) Delay or procrastination.

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

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.

Comperendinate :: Comperendinate (v. t.) To delay.

Delay :: Delay (v. i.) To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

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