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Prolation :: Prolation (n.) The act of deferring; delay.

Attend :: Attend (v. i.) To wait; to stay; to delay.

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

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..

Instantly :: Instantly (adv.) Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.

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

Delays :: Delays (pl. ) of Dela.

Weather-bound :: Weather-bound (a.) Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel..

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

Filibuster :: Filibuster (v. i.) To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices..

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

Suspensor :: Suspensive (a.) Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful..

Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate..

Abode :: Abode (n.) Act of waiting; delay.

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..

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

Immediately :: Immediately (adv.) Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once.

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

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

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