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Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.

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

Relent :: Relent (n.) Stay; stop; delay.

Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage..

Demur :: Demur (v. t.) To cause delay to; to put off.

Sist :: Sist (v. t.) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop..

Dilatory :: Dilatory (a.) Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.

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

Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

Retard :: Retard (n.) Retardation; delay.

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

Soon :: Soon (adv.) Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.

Linger :: Linger (a.) To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.

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..

Tarry :: Tarry (n.) Stay; stop; delay.

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

Stave :: Stave (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project..

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

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

Tarriance :: Tarriance (n.) The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness.

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