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English Dictionary: cunctation by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cunctation
n
  1. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
    Synonym(s): procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cunctation \Cunc*ta"tion\ (k?nk-t?"sh?n), n. [L. cunctatio, fr.
      cunctari, p. p. cunctatus, to delay.]
      Delay; procrastination. [R.] --Carlyle.
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