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Definition of delay

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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..

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Delay :: Delay (n.) To allay; to temper.

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

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

Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.

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

Dally :: Dally (v. i.) To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle..

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

Procrastinate :: Procrastinate (v. t.) To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance..

Protract :: Protract (n.) Tedious continuance or delay.

Respite :: Respite (n.) To delay or postpone; to put off.

Flagging :: Flagging (a.) Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying..

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

Cunctative :: Cunctative (a.) Slow; tardy; dilatory; causing delay.

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..

Readily :: Readily (adv.) Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully.

Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.

Procrastination :: Procrastination (n.) The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness..

Roundelay :: Roundelay (n.) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively.

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..