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Lentor :: Lentor (a.) Slowness; delay; sluggishness.

Delay :: Delay (n.) To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow..

Delaying :: Delaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dela.

Imparlance :: Imparlance (n.) Hence, the delay or continuance of a suit..

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.

Delay :: Delay (v. i.) To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

Let :: Let (n.) A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic..

Dilatory :: Dilatory (a.) Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant..

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

Forslow :: Forslow (v. t.) To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off.

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

Straightways :: Straightway (adv.) Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition..

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

Pause :: Pause (n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.

Remorate :: Remorate (v. t.) To hinder; to delay.

Overdue :: Overdue (a.) Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival or payment, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note..

Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment..

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

Impatience :: Impatience (n.) The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid..

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