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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

moratorium
    n 1: a legally authorized postponement before some obligation
         must be discharged
    2: suspension of an ongoing activity

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Moratorium \Mor`a*to"ri*um\, n. [NL. See Moratory.]
   1. (Law) A period during which an obligor has a legal right
      to delay meeting an obligation, esp. such a period
      granted, as to a bank, by a moratory law.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. a suspension of an activity.
      [PJC]

   3. an officially authorized period of delay or waiting; as, a
      moratorium on putting a law into effect.
      [PJC]

Thesaurus Results for Moratorium:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

afterthought, bind, block, blockage, bureaucratic delay, cancellation, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, detention, double take, dragging, freeze, grace period, halt, hang-up, hiatus, hindrance, holdup, interim, jam, lag, lagging, logjam, obliteration, obstruction, paperasserie, pause, postponement, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, reprieve, respite, retardance, retardation, slow-up, slowdown, slowness, stay, stay of execution, stop, stoppage, suspense, suspension, tie-up, time lag, wait, write-off

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