| delay(noun, break, act, time, check) |
| stay(noun, hold, break, act, time) |
| suspension(noun, act, time, check, delay) |
| deferral(noun, act, time, delay, stay) |
| deferment(noun, break, act, time, halt) |
| moratorium(noun, break, check, halt, delay) |
| adjournment(noun, break, act, time, check) |
| respite(noun, break, halt, delay, pause) |
| extension(noun, increase, spread, pause, addition) |
| hold(noun, delay, pause) |
| wait(noun, check, delay, stay, pause) |
| waiver(noun, act, time, renunciation, relinquishment) |
| abeyance(noun, break, halt, delay, pause) |
| interruption(noun, break, halt, delay, stay) |
| pause(noun, break, halt, delay, relief) |
| prolongation(noun, increase, delay, development, spread) |
| time lag(noun, expression, idiom, delay, pause) |
| demurral(noun, check, delay, stay, pause) |
| hiatus(noun, break, relief, interval, interruption) |
| prorogation(noun, check, delay, stay, wait) |