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deferment
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deferment
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adjournal
,
adjournment
,
continualness
,
continuance
,
continuation
,
continuity
,
dallying
,
deferment
,
deferral
,
delay
,
elongation
,
endurance
,
extension
,
extension of time
,
lag
,
lengthening
,
lingering
,
maintenance
,
perpetuation
,
perseverance
,
persistence
,
postponement
,
procrastination
,
production
,
progress
,
progression
,
prolongation
,
prorogation
,
pursuance
,
putting-off
,
repetition
,
run
,
stay
,
staying power
,
straight course
,
strain
,
stretch
,
stretching
,
stringing out
,
suspension
,
sustained action
,
sustenance
,
tabling
,
tension
,
uninterrupted course
,
unremittingness
,
way
prolongation
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the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"
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adjournal
,
adjournment
,
coming after
,
consecution
,
consecutiveness
,
continualness
,
continuance
,
continuation
,
continuity
,
deferment
,
deferral
,
descent
,
elongation
,
endurance
,
extension
,
extension of time
,
following
,
lengthening
,
line
,
lineage
,
lingering
,
logical sequence
,
maintenance
,
order
,
order of succession
,
perpetuation
,
perseverance
,
persistence
,
posteriority
,
postponement
,
postposition
,
procession
,
procrastination
,
production
,
progress
,
progression
,
prorogation
,
protraction
,
pursuance
,
putting-off
,
repetition
,
rotation
,
run
,
sequence
,
series
,
staying power
,
straight course
,
strain
,
stretch
,
stretching
,
stringing out
,
subjunction
,
succession
,
successiveness
,
suffixation
,
sustained action
,
sustenance
,
tabling
,
tension
,
uninterrupted course
,
unremittingness
,
way
continuation
collapse
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PS
,
Parthian shot
,
accession
,
accessory
,
accompaniment
,
addenda
,
addendum
,
additament
,
addition
,
additive
,
additory
,
additum
,
adjournal
,
adjournment
,
adjunct
,
adjuvant
,
afterthought
,
annex
,
annexation
,
appanage
,
appendage
,
appendant
,
appendix
,
appurtenance
,
appurtenant
,
attachment
,
augment
,
augmentation
,
back matter
,
chorus
,
coda
,
codicil
,
colophon
,
coming after
,
complement
,
conclusion
,
concomitant
,
consecution
,
consecutiveness
,
consequence
,
continualness
,
continuance
,
continuity
,
corollary
,
deferment
,
deferral
,
descent
,
double take
,
duration
,
dying words
,
endurance
,
envoi
,
epilogue
,
extension
,
extension of time
,
extrapolation
,
fixture
,
follow-through
,
follow-up
,
following
,
increase
,
increment
,
last words
,
lengthening
,
line
,
lineage
,
lingering
,
logical sequence
,
maintenance
,
offshoot
,
order
,
order of succession
,
parting shot
,
pendant
,
peroration
,
perpetuation
,
perseverance
,
persistence
,
posteriority
,
postface
,
postfix
,
postlude
,
postponement
,
postposition
,
postscript
,
procession
,
procrastination
,
progress
,
progression
,
prolongation
,
prorogation
,
protraction
,
pursuance
,
putting-off
,
refrain
,
reinforcement
,
repetition
,
rotation
,
run
,
second thought
,
sequel
,
sequela
,
sequelae
,
sequelant
,
sequence
,
sequent
,
sequitur
,
series
,
side effect
,
side issue
,
staying power
,
straight course
,
subjunction
,
subscript
,
succession
,
successiveness
,
suffix
,
suffixation
,
supplement
,
sustained action
,
sustenance
,
swan song
,
tabling
,
tag
,
tailpiece
,
undergirding
,
uninterrupted course
,
unremittingness
,
way
delay
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the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
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abide
,
adjourn
,
afterthought
,
arrest
,
arrestation
,
arrestment
,
await
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
be a sideliner
,
be still
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
bind
,
block
,
blockage
,
blocking
,
bog down
,
bottle up
,
brake
,
bureaucratic delay
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
clogging
,
closing up
,
closure
,
coast
,
confine
,
constriction
,
continue
,
countercheck
,
cramp
,
curb
,
dally
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dawdle
,
dawdling
,
decelerate
,
deceleration
,
defer
,
deferment
,
deferral
,
delayage
,
delayed reaction
,
detain
,
detainment
,
detention
,
dilly
,
dillydally
,
do nothing
,
double take
,
drag
,
drag along
,
drag out
,
dragging
,
draw rein
,
drift
,
drone
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
ease-off
,
ease-up
,
extend
,
falter
,
fixation
,
flag
,
flagging
,
foot-dragging
,
gap
,
goof off
,
halt
,
hampering
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hang back
,
hang fire
,
hang up
,
hang-up
,
hesitate
,
hiatus
,
hibernate
,
hinder
,
hindering
,
hindrance
,
hold back
,
hold everything
,
hold in check
,
hold off
,
hold on
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
hold your horses
,
hold-up
,
holdback
,
holdup
,
idle
,
impede
,
impediment
,
inhibit
,
inhibition
,
interference
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermeddle
,
intermit
,
interrupt
,
interruption
,
interval
,
intervene
,
jam
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep in check
,
lacuna
,
lag
,
lag behind
,
lagging
,
lay aside
,
lay away
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
let
,
let down
,
let up
,
letdown
,
letup
,
lie dormant
,
linger
,
logjam
,
loiter
,
loitering
,
lollygag
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
lull
,
make late
,
mark time
,
meddle
,
minus acceleration
,
mire
,
moderate
,
moratorium
,
mull
,
negativism
,
not budge
,
not stir
,
nuisance value
,
obstruct
,
obstruction
,
obstructionism
,
occlusion
,
oppose
,
opposition
,
paperasserie
,
pause
,
pigeonhole
,
poke
,
poke along
,
postpone
,
postponement
,
procrastinate
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
put away
,
put in mothballs
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
recess
,
red tape
,
red-tapeism
,
red-tapery
,
reef
,
rein in
,
relax
,
repress
,
repression
,
reprieve
,
reserve
,
resist
,
resistance
,
respite
,
rest
,
restrain
,
restraint
,
restriction
,
retard
,
retardance
,
retardation
,
retardment
,
scotch
,
set aside
,
set back
,
set by
,
setback
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shilly-shallying
,
sideline
,
sit back
,
sit it out
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slack-up
,
slacken
,
slackening
,
sleep on
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
slow-up
,
slowdown
,
slowing
,
slowing down
,
slowness
,
slowup
,
snub
,
squeeze
,
stagnate
,
stall
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stay of execution
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
stop
,
stoppage
,
store
,
stow
,
stranglehold
,
stretch out
,
stricture
,
suppress
,
suppression
,
suspend
,
suspension
,
table
,
table the motion
,
take a recess
,
take in sail
,
take time
,
tarry
,
tarrying
,
temporize
,
throttle down
,
tie-up
,
time lag
,
trail
,
vacillate
,
vegetate
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
waiting
,
waive
,
waste time
,
watch and wait
,
waver
suspension
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a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
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abandonment
,
abeyance
,
abjuration
,
abjurement
,
abolishment
,
abolition
,
abrogation
,
adaptation
,
afterthought
,
annulment
,
arrangement
,
bind
,
block
,
blockage
,
breach
,
break
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
bureaucratic delay
,
caesura
,
cancel
,
canceling
,
cancellation
,
cashiering
,
cassation
,
catharsis
,
cease-fire
,
cessation
,
cigarette break
,
cleansing
,
clearance
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
cold storage
,
concluding
,
conclusion
,
conge
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
danglement
,
dangling
,
day off
,
debarring
,
deconsecration
,
defeasance
,
deferment
,
defrocking
,
delay
,
delayage
,
delayed reaction
,
delaying
,
deliverance
,
denial
,
dependence
,
dependency
,
deportation
,
deposal
,
deposition
,
deprivation
,
desistance
,
detachment
,
detention
,
dethronement
,
disbarment
,
disbarring
,
discard
,
discharge
,
discontinuance
,
discontinuation
,
discrownment
,
disemployment
,
disenthronement
,
disjunction
,
dismissal
,
displacement
,
displacing
,
disposal
,
disposition
,
doldrums
,
dormancy
,
double take
,
downtime
,
dragging
,
drop
,
drumming out
,
ejection
,
elimination
,
emotional release
,
end
,
ending
,
enforced respite
,
eradication
,
eviction
,
exclusion
,
excommunication
,
exile
,
expatriation
,
expulsion
,
finish
,
firing
,
fissure
,
forbearance
,
forced resignation
,
forced separation
,
freeing
,
furloughing
,
gap
,
halt
,
hang-up
,
hanging
,
happy hour
,
harmonization
,
hesitation
,
hiatus
,
hibernation
,
hindrance
,
hold-up
,
holdup
,
holiday
,
immobility
,
impeachment
,
inaction
,
inactiveness
,
inactivity
,
inertia
,
instrumentation
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interruption
,
interval
,
intonation
,
invalidation
,
jam
,
kicking upstairs
,
lacuna
,
lag
,
lagging
,
lapse
,
latency
,
layoff
,
letup
,
liquidation
,
logjam
,
lull
,
modulation
,
moratorium
,
motionlessness
,
nonexercise
,
nullification
,
obstruction
,
orchestration
,
ostracism
,
ousting
,
outlawing
,
outlawry
,
overthrow
,
overthrowal
,
paperasserie
,
pause
,
pendency
,
pendulosity
,
pendulousness
,
pensileness
,
pensility
,
pensioning off
,
period
,
phrasing
,
pink slip
,
postponement
,
preparation
,
purgation
,
purge
,
purging
,
quiescence
,
quiescency
,
recall
,
recantation
,
recess
,
red tape
,
red-tapeism
,
red-tapery
,
rejection
,
release
,
relinquishment
,
remission
,
removal
,
renege
,
renouncement
,
renunciation
,
repeal
,
reprieve
,
rescinding
,
rescindment
,
rescission
,
resignation
,
resolution
,
respite
,
rest
,
retardance
,
retardation
,
retirement
,
retraction
,
reversal
,
revocation
,
revoke
,
revokement
,
riddance
,
setting
,
setting aside
,
severance
,
slow-up
,
slowdown
,
slowness
,
solution
,
spell
,
stand-down
,
stay
,
stay of execution
,
stop
,
stoppage
,
superannuation
,
surcease
,
surplusing
,
suspense
,
tea break
,
termination
,
the ax
,
the boot
,
the bounce
,
the gate
,
the sack
,
ticket
,
tie-up
,
time lag
,
time out
,
tone painting
,
transcription
,
truce
,
unchurching
,
underactivity
,
unfrocking
,
unseating
,
vacation
,
vacatur
,
voidance
,
voiding
,
wait
,
waiver
,
waiving
,
walking papers
,
withdrawal
,
write-off
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