| cooling-off period(noun, expression, check, delay, stay) | |
| coquetry | |
| cunctation(noun, check, delay, stay, wait) | |
| dabbling | |
| deferment(noun, delay, stay, wait, interruption) | |
| deferral(noun, stay, interruption, suspension, postponement) | |
| delayed(verb, late, overdue) | |
| deliberate(slow, late, remiss, tardy, procrastinating) | |
| demurral(noun, check, delay, stay, wait) | |
| detained(late, delayed, overdue) | |
| detention(noun, check, delay, stay, wait) | |
| dilatoriness | |
| dilly-dallying(noun, delay, inactivity, lethargy, trifling) | |
| dillydallying | |
| discontinuation(noun, check, delay, stay, wait) | |
| dolce far niente(expression, idiom) | |
| dormancy(noun, inactivity, lethargy, trifling, laziness) | |
| downtime(noun, check, delay, stay, wait) | |
| drawling | |
| droning(noun, inactivity, lethargy, trifling, laziness) |
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