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

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

Dwell :: Dwell (v. i.) To delay; to linger.

Sojourn :: Sojourn (v. i.) To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry..

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

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.

Bode :: Bode (n.) A stop; a halting; delay.

Away :: Away (adv.) On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away..

Postpone :: Postpone (v. t.) To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely..

Postponement :: Postponement (n.) The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay..

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

Cunctator :: Cunctator (n.) One who delays or lingers.

Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

Deviation :: Deviation (n.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility..

Present :: Present (a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.

Reprieve :: Reprieve (v. t.) To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days..

Time :: Time (v. i.) To pass time; to delay.

Cunctation :: Cunctation (n.) Delay; procrastination.

Delay :: Delay (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation.

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