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Dally :: Dally (v. t.) To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

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

Respite :: Respite (n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

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..

Filibuster :: Filibuster (v. i.) To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices..

Detention :: Detention (n.) The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.

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..

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration..

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

Prolation :: Prolation (n.) The act of deferring; delay.

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..

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

Thereupon :: Thereupon (adv.) Immediately; at once; without delay.

Wait :: Wait (v. i.) The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.

Drecche :: Drecche (v. i.) To delay.

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

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

Delayer :: Delayer (n.) One who delays; one who lingers.

Dalliance :: Dalliance (n.) Delay or procrastination.

Dilation :: Dilation (n.) Delay.

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