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- arrest,
- arrestation,
- check,
- constraint,
- control,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- curb,
- curtailment,
- deceleration,
- delay,
- detention,
- drag,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- flagging,
- hindrance,
- holdup,
- inhibition,
- injunction,
- interdict,
- lag,
- legal restraint,
- letdown,
- letup,
- minus acceleration,
- monopoly,
- obstruction,
- prohibition,
- protection,
- protectionism,
- protective tariff,
- rationing,
- rein,
- restraint,
- restraint of trade,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- retrenchment,
- self-control,
- setback,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowup,
- tariff wall,
- thought control
- abatement,
- allayment,
- alleviation,
- arrest,
- assuagement,
- attenuation,
- attrition,
- blunting,
- calming,
- check,
- damping,
- deadening,
- debilitation,
- deceleration,
- delay,
- demulsion,
- detention,
- devitalization,
- dilution,
- diminution,
- drag,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- easing,
- effemination,
- enervation,
- enfeeblement,
- evisceration,
- exhaustion,
- extenuation,
- falling-off,
- fatigue,
- flagging,
- holdup,
- hushing,
- inanition,
- lag,
- languishment,
- leniency,
- lessening,
- letdown,
- letup,
- lightening,
- loosening,
- lulling,
- minus acceleration,
- mitigation,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- obstruction,
- pacification,
- palliation,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- reduction,
- relaxation,
- remission,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- setback,
- slack-up,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowup,
- softening,
- soothing,
- subduement,
- tempering,
- thinning,
- tranquilization,
- weakening
- deceleration
collapse - the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed; "he initiated deceleration by braking"
- a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms race"
- (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity related words >
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- catabasis,
- check,
- collapse,
- constraint,
- control,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- crash,
- curb,
- curtailment,
- declension,
- decline,
- decline and fall,
- decrescendo,
- delay,
- detention,
- diminuendo,
- dive,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- drag,
- drop,
- dwindling,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- ebb,
- fall,
- flagging,
- hindrance,
- holdup,
- inhibition,
- injunction,
- interdict,
- lag,
- lapse,
- legal restraint,
- letdown,
- letup,
- minus acceleration,
- monopoly,
- obstruction,
- plunge,
- prohibition,
- protection,
- protectionism,
- protective tariff,
- rationing,
- rein,
- remission,
- restraint,
- restraint of trade,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- retreat,
- retrenchment,
- self-control,
- setback,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowup,
- slump,
- subsidence,
- tariff wall,
- thought control,
- wane
- afterthought,
- arrest,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- brake,
- bureaucratic delay,
- check,
- clip the wings,
- curb,
- decelerate,
- deceleration,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- detain,
- detention,
- double take,
- drag,
- dragging,
- draw rein,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- flagging,
- halt,
- hang-up,
- hindrance,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- holdup,
- impede,
- interim,
- jam,
- keep back,
- lag,
- lagging,
- let down,
- let up,
- letdown,
- letup,
- logjam,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- minus acceleration,
- moderate,
- moratorium,
- obstruct,
- obstruction,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- reef,
- rein in,
- relax,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- retard,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- set back,
- setback,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slack-up,
- slacken,
- slackening,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- suspension,
- take in sail,
- throttle down,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- wait
- abasement,
- abatement,
- allayment,
- alleviation,
- arrest,
- assuagement,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- betrayed hope,
- blasted expectation,
- blighted hope,
- blow,
- blunting,
- buffet,
- calming,
- check,
- comedown,
- cruel disappointment,
- damping,
- dash,
- dashed hope,
- deadening,
- debasement,
- deceleration,
- defeat,
- deflation,
- delay,
- demulsion,
- descent,
- detention,
- diminution,
- disappointment,
- discomfiture,
- disgrace,
- disillusionment,
- dissatisfaction,
- drag,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- dump,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- easing,
- embarrassment,
- failure,
- fallen countenance,
- falling-off,
- fiasco,
- fizzle,
- flagging,
- foiling,
- forlorn hope,
- frustration,
- hangdog look,
- holdup,
- hope deferred,
- humbled pride,
- humiliation,
- hushing,
- lag,
- leniency,
- lessening,
- letup,
- lightening,
- loosening,
- lulling,
- minus acceleration,
- mirage,
- mitigation,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- mortification,
- obstruction,
- pacification,
- palliation,
- put-down,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- reduction,
- relaxation,
- remission,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-diminishment,
- setback,
- setdown,
- shame,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowup,
- softening,
- soothing,
- sore disappointment,
- subduement,
- tantalization,
- tease,
- tempering,
- tranquilization
- detention
collapse
- a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" related words >
- afterthought,
- apprehension,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- bureaucratic delay,
- captivity,
- check,
- clogging,
- close arrest,
- closing up,
- closure,
- confinement,
- constriction,
- cramp,
- custody,
- deceleration,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- detainment,
- double take,
- drag,
- dragging,
- durance,
- durance vile,
- duress,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- fixation,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- halt,
- hampering,
- hang-up,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- house arrest,
- immuration,
- immurement,
- impediment,
- imprisonment,
- incarceration,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- interim,
- internment,
- interruption,
- jailing,
- jam,
- lag,
- lagging,
- let,
- letdown,
- letup,
- logjam,
- minus acceleration,
- moratorium,
- nab,
- negativism,
- nuisance value,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- pickup,
- pinch,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- repression,
- reprieve,
- resistance,
- respite,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- setback,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- squeeze,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- suppression,
- suspension,
- term of imprisonment,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- wait
- afterthought,
- armed robbery,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- asportation,
- assault and robbery,
- banditry,
- bank robbery,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- bureaucratic delay,
- cattle lifting,
- cattle stealing,
- check,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- constriction,
- cramp,
- dead time,
- deceleration,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- detainment,
- detention,
- double take,
- drag,
- dragging,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- exploitation,
- extortion,
- fixation,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- gain,
- halt,
- hampering,
- hang-up,
- heist,
- highway robbery,
- hijacking,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- hysteresis,
- impediment,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- interim,
- interruption,
- jam,
- lag,
- lagging,
- let,
- letdown,
- letup,
- loan-sharking,
- logjam,
- minus acceleration,
- moratorium,
- mugging,
- negativism,
- nuisance value,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- output lag,
- overassessment,
- overcharge,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- pocket picking,
- process lag,
- purse snatching,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- repression,
- reprieve,
- resistance,
- respite,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- robbery,
- robbing,
- setback,
- shylocking,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- squeeze,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stickup,
- stickup job,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- suppression,
- surcharge,
- suspension,
- throughput,
- tie-up,
- time constants,
- time lag,
- time lead,
- usury,
- wait
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- atavism,
- backset,
- backsliding,
- backward deviation,
- backward motion,
- backward step,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- betrayed hope,
- blasted expectation,
- blighted hope,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- blow,
- buffet,
- check,
- checkmate,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- comedown,
- confusion,
- constriction,
- cramp,
- cruel disappointment,
- dash,
- dashed hope,
- deceleration,
- defeat,
- delay,
- descent,
- detainment,
- detention,
- disappointment,
- discomfiture,
- disillusionment,
- dissatisfaction,
- down,
- drag,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- failure,
- fallen countenance,
- falling back,
- fiasco,
- fixation,
- fizzle,
- flagging,
- foil,
- foiling,
- foot-dragging,
- forlorn hope,
- frustration,
- hampering,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- hope deferred,
- impediment,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- interruption,
- lag,
- lapse,
- let,
- letdown,
- letup,
- minus acceleration,
- mirage,
- negativism,
- nuisance value,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- reaction,
- rebuff,
- recession,
- recidivation,
- recidivism,
- recrudescence,
- recurrence,
- reentry,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regress,
- regression,
- relapse,
- renewal,
- repression,
- repulse,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- retroaction,
- retrocession,
- retroflexion,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- retrusion,
- return,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- reverse of fortune,
- reversion,
- rollback,
- rout,
- severe check,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowup,
- sore disappointment,
- squeeze,
- sternway,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- stumbling block,
- suppression,
- tantalization,
- tease,
- throwback
- letup
collapse
- a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise" related words >
- abatement,
- abeyance,
- abridgment,
- allayment,
- alleviation,
- arrest,
- assuagement,
- attenuation,
- blunting,
- breach,
- break,
- breath,
- breather,
- breathing place,
- breathing space,
- breathing spell,
- breathing time,
- caesura,
- calming,
- cease-fire,
- cessation,
- check,
- cigarette break,
- cocktail hour,
- coffee break,
- contraction,
- dampening,
- damping,
- day off,
- deadening,
- deceleration,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- decrescence,
- deduction,
- deflation,
- delay,
- demulsion,
- depreciation,
- depression,
- detention,
- diminishment,
- diminution,
- downtime,
- drag,
- drop,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- dying,
- dying off,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- easing,
- enforced respite,
- extenuation,
- fade-out,
- falling-off,
- fissure,
- flagging,
- gap,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- halt,
- happy hour,
- hesitation,
- hiatus,
- holdup,
- holiday,
- hushing,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interval,
- lacuna,
- lag,
- languishment,
- lapse,
- layoff,
- leniency,
- lessening,
- letdown,
- lightening,
- loosening,
- lowering,
- lull,
- lulling,
- miniaturization,
- minus acceleration,
- mitigation,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- obstruction,
- off-time,
- pacification,
- palliation,
- pause,
- plateau,
- point of repose,
- quiet spell,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- recess,
- reduction,
- relaxation,
- relief,
- remission,
- respite,
- rest,
- resting point,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- sagging,
- scaling down,
- setback,
- simplicity,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowup,
- softening,
- soothing,
- spell,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- subduement,
- subtraction,
- surcease,
- suspension,
- tea break,
- tempering,
- time off,
- time out,
- tranquilization,
- truce,
- vacation,
- weakening
- retardation
collapse
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- the extent to which something is delayed or held back related words >
- afterthought,
- amentia,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrested development,
- arrestment,
- backwardness,
- bind,
- blithering idiocy,
- block,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- bureaucratic delay,
- check,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- constraint,
- constriction,
- control,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- cramp,
- cretinism,
- curb,
- curtailment,
- deceleration,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- detainment,
- drag,
- dragging,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- fixation,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- half-wittedness,
- halt,
- hampering,
- hang-up,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- idiocy,
- idiotism,
- imbecility,
- impediment,
- infantilism,
- inhibition,
- injunction,
- insanity,
- interdict,
- interference,
- interim,
- interruption,
- jam,
- lag,
- lagging,
- legal restraint,
- let,
- letdown,
- letup,
- logjam,
- mental defectiveness,
- mental deficiency,
- mental handicap,
- mental retardation,
- minus acceleration,
- mongolianism,
- mongolism,
- mongoloid idiocy,
- monopoly,
- moratorium,
- moronism,
- moronity,
- negativism,
- nuisance value,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- profound idiocy,
- prohibition,
- protection,
- protectionism,
- protective tariff,
- rationing,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- rein,
- repression,
- reprieve,
- resistance,
- respite,
- restraint,
- restraint of trade,
- restriction,
- retardance,
- retardment,
- retrenchment,
- self-control,
- setback,
- simple-wittedness,
- simplemindedness,
- simpleness,
- simplicity,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- squeeze,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- subnormality,
- suppression,
- suspension,
- tariff wall,
- thought control,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- wait
- obstruction
collapse
- getting in someone's way
- the act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice"
- any structure that makes progress difficult
- the state or condition of being obstructed related words >
- afterthought,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- bar,
- barrier,
- bind,
- blank wall,
- blind alley,
- blind gut,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- bottleneck,
- bureaucratic delay,
- catch,
- cecum,
- cessation,
- check,
- checking,
- choking,
- choking off,
- clog,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- congestion,
- constipation,
- constraint,
- constriction,
- cordon,
- costiveness,
- cramp,
- cul-de-sac,
- curtain,
- dead end,
- deceleration,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- detainment,
- detention,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- difficulty,
- double take,
- drag,
- dragging,
- drawback,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- embolism,
- embolus,
- fixation,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- forbiddance,
- forbidding,
- gorge,
- halt,
- halting,
- hamper,
- hampering,
- hang-up,
- hazard,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- hurdle,
- impasse,
- impediment,
- impeding,
- infarct,
- infarction,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- interim,
- interruption,
- jam,
- joker,
- lag,
- lagging,
- let,
- letdown,
- letup,
- limitation,
- limiting,
- logjam,
- minus acceleration,
- moratorium,
- mountain,
- negativism,
- nuisance value,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstipation,
- obstructionism,
- obstructive,
- occlusion,
- one small difficulty,
- opposition,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- proscription,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- repression,
- reprieve,
- resistance,
- respite,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- rub,
- sealing off,
- setback,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- snag,
- squeeze,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stopping,
- stranglehold,
- strangulation,
- stricture,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- suppression,
- suspension,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- wait
- slowdown
collapse
- the act of slowing down or falling behind related words >
- action,
- afterthought,
- arrest,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- boom,
- bottoming out,
- boycott,
- boycottage,
- bureaucratic delay,
- business cycle,
- business fluctuations,
- bust,
- catabasis,
- check,
- cheeseparing,
- collapse,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- crash,
- crisis,
- curtailment,
- cutback,
- deceleration,
- declension,
- decline,
- decline and fall,
- decrescendo,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- depression,
- detention,
- diminuendo,
- dive,
- double take,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- drag,
- dragging,
- drop,
- dwindling,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- ebb,
- economic cycle,
- economic expansion,
- economic growth,
- economization,
- economizing,
- expanding economy,
- expansion,
- fall,
- falloff,
- flagging,
- freeze,
- growth,
- halt,
- hang-up,
- high growth rate,
- hindrance,
- holdup,
- inactivity,
- interim,
- jam,
- job action,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lapse,
- letdown,
- letup,
- lockout,
- logjam,
- low,
- low growth rate,
- market expansion,
- minus acceleration,
- moratorium,
- obstruction,
- outlaw strike,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- peak,
- peaking,
- plunge,
- prosperity,
- protest,
- recession,
- recovery,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- reduction of expenses,
- reduction of spending,
- remission,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- retreat,
- retrenchment,
- revolt,
- rulebook slowdown,
- saving,
- scraping,
- scrimping,
- setback,
- sick-in,
- sit-down,
- sit-down strike,
- skimping,
- slack,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slow-up,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- slump,
- sparing,
- stagnation,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strike,
- subsidence,
- suspension,
- sympathy strike,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- turnout,
- upturn,
- wait,
- walkout,
- wane,
- wildcat strike,
- work stoppage
- lag
collapse
- cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"
- throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. related words >
- afterthought,
- antedate,
- arrest,
- be found wanting,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- bureaucratic delay,
- cast out,
- check,
- closing,
- collapse,
- come short,
- con,
- concluding,
- confine,
- dalliance,
- dally,
- dallying,
- dawdle,
- dawdling,
- dead time,
- deceleration,
- decline,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- deport,
- detain,
- detention,
- diddle,
- dilatoriness,
- dillydally,
- dillydallying,
- displace,
- doodle,
- double take,
- drag,
- dragging,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- eventual,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- fail,
- fall away,
- fall behind,
- fall short,
- falter,
- final,
- flag,
- flagging,
- foredate,
- gain,
- get behind,
- goof off,
- halt,
- hang back,
- hang-up,
- hinder,
- hindmost,
- hindrance,
- hold back,
- hold up,
- holdup,
- hysteresis,
- impede,
- interim,
- jailbird,
- jam,
- keep back,
- lack,
- lagging,
- latest,
- latter,
- letdown,
- letup,
- linger,
- linger behind,
- lingering,
- logjam,
- loiter,
- loitering,
- lollygag,
- lollygagging,
- lose ground,
- loser,
- make late,
- minus acceleration,
- misdate,
- mistime,
- moratorium,
- not answer,
- not hack it,
- not make it,
- not make out,
- not measure up,
- not stretch,
- not suffice,
- obstruct,
- obstruction,
- output lag,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- piddle,
- poke,
- postdate,
- process lag,
- procrastinate,
- procrastination,
- put off,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- relegate,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- retard,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- run short,
- setback,
- shilly-shally,
- shilly-shallying,
- slack-up,
- slacken,
- slackening,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- slump,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stop short,
- stoppage,
- straggle,
- suspension,
- tarry,
- tarrying,
- terminal,
- throughput,
- tie-up,
- time constants,
- time lag,
- time lead,
- trail,
- trail behind,
- transport,
- ultimate,
- wait,
- want,
- waste time
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