moratory

[mawr-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, mor-]

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adjective

authorizing delay of payment: a moratory law.

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Origin of moratory

1890–95; < Late Latin morātōrius dilatory, equivalent to morā(rī) to delay; see mora + -tōrius -tory¹

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Related Words for moratory

backward, delaying, deliberate, laggard, late, lax, lazy, leisurely, neglectful, negligent, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, tardy, unhurried, behindhand, lingering, loitering, moratory