Lengthening of duration, prolonging; delay. Obsolete.

Delay, stay.

The action of waiting or delaying; a delay. Esp. in without abode: without delay, immediately. Obsolete.

Biding, tarrying, waiting, delay. but bode: without delay.

Delay, lingering, waiting. Obsolete.

Delay, stay, stoppage. withoute(n dwell: without delay, straightway. Obsolete.

delay.

The action of deferring or postponing something; procrastination; waiting; an act or instance of this.

The action of delay, v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this.

Delay, lingering.

Delay, hesitation. Only in but (also without) (any) hone, etc.: without delay, immediately.

Excuse, delay: only in without ensoigne.

Delay, tarrying. Also as a count noun: an instance of this.

procrastination, delay.

Delaying, delay; tarrying. Obsolete.

In general. An excuse, exemption, making of conditions, parleying, delay; also in without essoin.

The action of tarry, v.; delaying, delay, waiting, loitering, etc.

Delay, tardiness; frequent in without lite.

Delay; procrastination; the action of deferring or postponing something; an act or instance of this.

Delay in action. Chiefly in negative contexts. Obsolete.

The action of overset, v. (in various senses); esp. overturning, capsizing.

Delay; procrastination; postponement.

Delay. Also in without delite: without delay; immediately.

The action of linger, v. Also rarely in plural, last remaining traces (of something).

Lingering, delay.

Hesitation; delay.

Tarrying, delay.

An act or period of delaying. Obsolete.

The action of defer, v.1; delaying, postponement.

Delay, procrastination, postponement.

Time available or allowed to do something; spec. (frequently in to grant (also give) day) time allowed to make a payment, meet an obligation…

The action of prolong, v. (in various senses); spec. †procrastination, delay (obsolete); lengthening of duration. Also: an instance of this.

Delay, deferment; respite. Chiefly in negative contexts. Obsolete.

The action or an act of adjourning (in various senses of the verb); = adjournment, n.

gen. The action of slowing down or delaying something, esp. with regard to progress or development; an instance of this; (also) the fact or…

Extension of a period of time in order to defer action; delay, postponement. Obsolete.

Drawing out, protracting, lengthening. Obsolete. rare.

The action or an act of adjourning (in various senses of the verb).

The act of tarrying; spending or loss of time; delay, procrastination. Obsolete.

The action of tarrying; delay, procrastination.

The action of deferring something to a later time; postponement; an instance of this. Cf. prorogue, v. 2a. Now rare.

A delay, a deferment. Obsolete. rare.

Tarrying, delay: = tarriance, n. 1.

Delay.

Postponement, adjournment. With of an action or the collection of (a debt).

Scottish. Postponement, delay; deferment of action, reprieve. Obsolete.

Scottish. The action or an act of delaying, a postponement, procrastination; a fobbing off, an evasion. Now rare.

The action of postpone, v.; an instance of this.

Protraction (of time), deferring, putting off, dilatory proceeding, delay. (Cf. tract, v.2 2.)

Respite, delay. Obsolete. rare.

subtle dealing, dodging, cavilling, trickery; holding off, hesitation, demur. Also attributive in hafting point, hafting question. Obsolete.

Suspension, delay; respite. (Chiefly after Old French or medieval Latin) Obsolete.

The action of track, v.1 in various senses. Also attributive.

Hesitation, delay; reluctance; an instance of this. Also: a cause of hesitation or delay. Obsolete.

Delay, postponement, waiting. to make stay of: to withhold for a time; to postpone. Obsolete.

As a mass noun: intermission, delay, waiting, hesitation.

The action or an act of extending something in time or duration; prolongation; the state of being extended or prolonged. Formerly also: †delay…

Extension or prolongation of time; delay, procrastination. Only in protract of time. Obsolete.

The putting off or postponement of an action; delaying. Obsolete.

Scottish. The action of postponing something; postponement; delay. Obsolete. rare.

In various intransitive senses: Coming to a stand, waiting, continuing in a place or a condition; †hesitating, delaying.

The action or habit of postponing or putting something off; delay, dilatoriness.

Delay, postponement. Cf. defer, v.1 2.

The action of putting off or deferring. Obsolete.

The action of delaying, delay; slackening of speed, retardation. (In quot. 1601, want of motion, or stagnation.)

Protraction, delay: cf. detract, v. 6.

The action of detract, v.; †protraction (obsolete); †shunning, avoiding (obsolete); disparagement, detraction.

Delay, tarrying.

Protraction (of time); delay. Obsolete. (Cf. detract, v. 6.)

The fact or quality of being long, esp. in relation to physical size or the passage of time; the degree or extent to which something is long…

Adjournment, postponement; (also) an instance of this.

With adverbs: see hold, v. phrasal verbs holding up (see quot. 1888).

The action of reprieve, v. (in various senses); the fact of being reprieved.

The action of delaying; delay, tardy action.

The action of retard, v. (in various senses); an instance of this.

The action of slowing down or delaying a person or thing, esp. with regard to progress or development; the fact or condition of being delayed or…

Putting off, delaying, procrastination; negotiation so as to gain time: see temporize, v. 2 3.

Procrastination.

Hence gen. Deferment, delay. Obsolete.

Procrastination.

Delaying, delay.

Delay. Obsolete.

delay, hesitation.

Postponement ‘till the morrow’. rare.

Temporary suspension of work or activity. An interruption, an interlude; delay; respite. Obsolete.

A putting off; postponement, delay.

Waiting, delay. Obsolete.

An act of putting a person or thing off until a later time; a postponement or delay; a procrastination. Now rare (archaic).

Adjournment, postponement. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. The condition of being in suspense or left over for an indefinite time; also hanging-up.

Retardation (in various senses); an instance of this.

The quality of being dilatory; tendency to procrastination or delay.

The action of putting off to a later time; deferring, postponement; †respite.

Hesitation, delay; reluctance. Obsolete. rare.

= tardation, n.

Intermission of time, delay.

Stay; delay; hesitation; pause. Obsolete.

Deferral, delay.

Deferral, delay. Cf. prolatation, n. Obsolete.

A delay, a tarrying.

The action of deferring for a day.

A delay, waste of time; spec. a fobbing off, an evasion.

Retarding, delay.

Deferment to a later time; a temporary delay or adjournment.

The fact of being slowed down or delayed with respect to action, progress, or development; lateness, slowness; (also) a delay or slowing down.

Law and in legal contexts. Chiefly British. The action or an act of postponing consideration of a case until a later date, when the defendant has…

Tomorrow; the day after the present day. Also: the indefinite future, esp. an unspecified time in the future for which something is predicted or…

Procrastination, delay; gaining of time.

= deferment, n.

A tendency to postpone things or not hurry; procrastination.

Prevaricating, temporizing; the action of being evasive or devious.

The action or practice of drinking slowly, esp. while leaving a small amount of alcohol in the glass. Cf. heeltap, n. 2a.

transitive (in passive). To be put off by something; to be disconcerted, repelled.