| Main Entry: | adjournment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discontinuation or delay of a proceeding |
Synonyms: |
break, deferment, deferral, intermission, interruption, pause, postponement, prorogation, putting off, recess, stay, suspension |
Antonyms: |
beginning, commencement, continuance |
| Main Entry: | deferment/deferral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | postponement |
Synonyms: |
adjournment, delay, holdover, moratorium, pause, putting off, stay, suspension |
Antonyms: |
advance, expedition, forging |
| Main Entry: | moratorium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suspension |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, abeyancy, adjournment, ban, break, breather, breathing spell, deferment, delay, downtime, five, freeze, grace period, halt, pause, postponement, reprieve, respite, stay, truce |
| Main Entry: | reprieve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief of blame, responsibility |
Synonyms: |
abatement, abeyance, absolution, acquittal, alleviation, amnesty, anchor*, clearance, clemency, commute, deferment, freeing, let-up, lifeboat, lifesaver, mitigation, palliation, pardon, postponement, release, remission, respite, spring*, stay, suspension, truce |
| Main Entry: | respite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, suspension in activity |
Synonyms: |
acquittal, adjournment, break, breath*, breather, breathing space, cessation, coffee break, deadlock, deferment, delay, deliverance, discharge, downtime, ease, exculpation, five, forgiveness, halt, hiatus, immunity, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, layoff, leisure, letup, lull, moratorium, pardon, postponement, protraction, recess, relaxation, release, relief, reprieve, rest, stay, stop, ten, time, time out, truce |
Antonyms: |
continuation |
| Main Entry: | stay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hold, delay |
Synonyms: |
deferment, halt, pause, postponement, remission, reprieve, standstill, stop, stopping, suspension |
Antonyms: |
abet, advance, assist, go, help, leave |
| Main Entry: | suspension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delay |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, abeyancy, adjournment, break, breather, breathing spell, cessation, coffee break, concluding, conclusion, cutoff, deferment, disbarment, discontinuation, discontinuing, doldrums, dormancy, downtime, end, ending, finish, five, freeze, halt, heave-ho, intermission, interruption, latency, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, period, postponement, quiescence, quiescency, remission, respite, stay, stoppage, suspense, ten, termination, time-out |
Antonyms: |
completion, continuation, finish, persistence |
| Main Entry: | deferment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | postponement |
Synonyms: |
adjournment, deferral, delay, moratorium, pause, putting off, stay, suspension |
| Main Entry: | postponement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | respite |
Synonyms: |
adjournment, deferment, delay, pause, stay, suspension |
| Notes: | various things may cause a delay, but a postponement will result from the action of a person |
| Main Entry: | deferral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delay |
Synonyms: |
deferment, extension, postponement, stay, suspension |