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

Respite :: Respite (n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

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

Lingering :: Lingering (a.) Delaying.

Put-off :: Put-off (n.) A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse.

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

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

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..

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

Roundel :: Roundel (a.) A rondelay.

Delay :: Delay (n.) To allay; to temper.

Loiter :: Loiter (v. i.) To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.

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

Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident..

Wait :: Wait (v. i.) The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.

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

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition..

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

Staymaker :: Stayless (a.) Without stop or delay.

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