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

Mora :: Mora (n.) Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement..

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

Passage :: Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed..

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

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

Ready :: Ready (superl.) Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished.

Procrastinate :: Procrastinate (v. i.) To delay; to be dilatory.

Moration :: Moration (n.) A delaying tarrying; delay.

Temporize :: Temporize (v. t.) To delay; to procrastinate.

Presently :: Presently (adv.) At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by..

Attend :: Attend (v. i.) To wait; to stay; to delay.

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

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

Demurral :: Demurral (n.) Demur; delay in acting or deciding.

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..

Weather-bound :: Weather-bound (a.) Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel..

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

Relent :: Relent (n.) Stay; stop; delay.

Quickly :: Quickly (adv.) Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.

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