the act or an instance of delayingthe act or an instance of being delayedthe time during which something is delayed
to leave or put off the doing of (something) to a later time; to postpone (something)to stop, detain, or hinder (somebody or something) for a time verb intransto fail to act or move immediatelydelayer noun[Middle English delayen from Old French delaier, from de- + laier to leave, ultimatelyfrom Latin laxare to slacken]