cunctation [ kuhngk-tey-shuhn ]
noun Archaic.
1. lateness; delay.
OTHER WORDS FROM CUNCTATION
cunc·ta·tious, cunc·ta·to·ry [kuhngk-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], cunc·ta·tive [kuhngk-tuh-tiv], adjective
WORDS RELATED TO CUNCTATION
lag, moratorium, postponement, problem, setback, stoppage, suspension, wait, adjournment, bind, check, dawdling, demurral, detention, discontinuation, downtime, filibuster, hindrance, holding, impediment
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Origin: First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin cunctātiōn- (stem of cunctātiō ) “delay,” equivalent to cunctāt(us) (past participle of cunctārī “to delay”) + -iōn- noun suffix; see -ion
HOW TO USE CUNCTATION IN A SENTENCE
Liegnitz itself, was not that (as many opine) a disaster due to cunctation, not of Loudon's?
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. XX. (OF XXI.)|THOMAS CARLYLE
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