Definition of delay

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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..

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Lache :: Lache (n.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty..
Temporize :: Temporize (v. t.) To delay; to procrastinate.
Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.
Delay :: Delay (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
Passage :: Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed..
Latered :: Latered (a.) Inclined to delay; dilatory.
Let :: Let (n.) A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic..
Lingeringly :: Lingeringly (adv.) With delay; slowly; tediously.
Retard :: Retard (n.) Retardation; delay.
Presently :: Presently (adv.) At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by..
Imparl :: Imparl (v. i.) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.
Impatient :: Impatient (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under..
Forslack :: Forslack (v. t.) To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.
Stave :: Stave (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project..
Tarry :: Tarry (n.) Stay; stop; delay.
Dilatory :: Dilatory (a.) Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.
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.
Roundel :: Roundel (a.) A rondelay.
Roundelay :: Roundelay (n.) See Rondeau, and Rondel..
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