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cunctation

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10 lettersPronunciation /kʌŋkˈteɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted accinnottuStarts with CEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin cūnctātiō (“a delaying, tarrying”), from cūnctor (“linger, hesitate”).

Used in a sentence

  • The swiftest animal conjoined with a heavy body implies that common moral, festina lente; and that celerity should always be contempered with cunctation.

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