- procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally - the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
--1 is a kind of delay, holdup
Derived form: verb procrastinate1 - dilatoriness, procrastination - slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
--2 is a kind of slowness, deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriedness
Derived form: verb procrastinate2