| 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: | deferment/deferral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | postponement |
Synonyms: |
adjournment, delay, holdover, moratorium, pause, putting off, stay, suspension |
Antonyms: |
advance, expedition, forging |
| Main Entry: | delay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deferment, interruption |
Synonyms: |
adjournment, bind, check, cooling-off period, cunctation, dawdling, demurral, detention, discontinuation, downtime, filibuster, hangup, hindrance, hold-up, holding, holding pattern, impediment, interval, jam, lag, lingering, logjam, loitering, moratorium, obstruction, postponement, problem, procrastination, prorogation, putting off, remission, reprieve, retardation, retardment, setback, showstopper, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, suspension, tarrying, tie-up, wait |
| Notes: | various things may cause a delay, but a postponement will result from the action of a person |
Antonyms: |
advance, dispatch, expedition, furtherance, hastening, hurry, rush, speed |
| Main Entry: | economy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saving, frugality |
Synonyms: |
abridgement, austerity, care, carefulness, caution, curtailment, cutback, decrease, deduction, direction, discretion, husbandry, layoff, meanness, miserliness, moratorium, niggardliness, parcity, parsimony, providence, prudence, recession, reduction, regulation, restraint, retrenchment, rollback, scrimping, shrinkage, skimping, sparingness, stinginess, supervision, thrift, thriftiness |
Antonyms: |
spending, squandering |
| Main Entry: | protest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complaint, disapproval |
Synonyms: |
bellyache, big stink, blackball, challenge, clamor, declaration, demonstration, demur, demurral, difficulty, dissent, flak, formal complaint, grievance, gripe, grouse, holler*, howl, kick*, knock*, march, moratorium, nix, objection, outcry, protestation, question, rally, remonstrance, remonstration, revolt, riot, stink*, tumult, turmoil |
Antonyms: |
acceptance, approval, praise |
| 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: | 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: | truce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peaceful solution |
Synonyms: |
accord, agreement, amnesty, armistice, break, breather, cease-fire, cessation, de-escalation, detente, halt, intermission, interval, letup, lull, moratorium, olive branch, pause, peace, reconciliation, reprieve, respite, rest, stay, suspension, temporary peace, terms, treaty, white flag, wind-down |
Antonyms: |
disagreement, fight, war |
| Main Entry: | deferment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | postponement |
Synonyms: |
adjournment, deferral, delay, moratorium, pause, putting off, stay, suspension |
| Main Entry: | grace period |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extra time before paying |
Synonyms: |
forgiveness period, moratorium |