putoff
holdup
delay
holdoff
fristing
suspension
foot-dragging
stall for time
play for time
waiting game
dilatory
stall
overwait
forestay
set back
dally
footdragger
adjournal
respite
catch up
defer
postponement
latency
retardation
procrastinate
wait
dawdling
restive
dalliance
trifling
on hold
hold off
not a minute too soon
buy time
slowball
lick and a promise
hit a snag
pendence
delayer
put off
delayability
time lag
delayism
eventually
longanimity
patience
forbearance
finally
long finger
procrastination
deferred
break
interruption
nonpostponement
disruption
gap
delayable
pend
filibuster
r-tard
lag
cunctatorship
delayal
what are you waiting for
forestall
delaying
shift off
hold fire
intervene
pell-mell
helter-skelter
cunctatory
yet
prolong
hold
already
nod
catch
fish or cut bait
hold up
retard
fullness of time
stalling
push off
kick the can down the road
postponer

English words for 'a pretext for delay or inaction'

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