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noun (n)

• time during which some action is awaited(noun.time)

  Synonym:
  delay, hold, time lag, wait
  

  source: wordnet30
• act of putting off to a future time(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  deferment, deferral
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.(noun)

  source: webster1913