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Forslack :: Forslack (v. t.) To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.

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

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

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

Impatient :: Impatient (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under..

Late :: Late (v.) Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring..

Remora :: Remora (n.) Delay; obstacle; hindrance.

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

Check :: Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check..

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

Retard :: Retard (v. t.) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate..

Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

Put-off :: Put-off (n.) A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse.

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

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

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

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

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

Instant :: Instant (a.) Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without 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..

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