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Noun: procrastination  prow,kra-stu'ney-shun or pru,kra-stu'ney-shun
  1. The act of procrastinating; putting off, delaying or deferring an action to a later time
    - cunctation, shillyshally [informal]
     
  2. Slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
    - dilatoriness

Derived forms: procrastinations

Type of: delay, deliberateness, deliberation, holdup, slowness, unhurriedness

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