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cunc⋅ta⋅tion

  [kuhngk-tey-shuhn]
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–noun
delay; tardiness.
Origin:
1575–85; < L cunctātiōn- (s. of cunctātiō) delay, equiv. to cunctāt(us) (ptp. of cunctārī to delay) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
cunc⋅ta⋅tious, cunc⋅ta⋅to⋅ry  [kuhngk-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , cunc⋅ta⋅tive  [kuhngk-tuh-tiv] , adjective
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cunc·ta·tion   (kŭngk-tā'shən)   
n.  Procrastination; delay.

[Latin cūnctātiō, cūnctātiōn-, from cūnctātus, past participle of cūnctārī, to delay; see konk- in Indo-European roots.]
cunc'ta'tive (kŭngk'tā'tĭv, -tə-tĭv) adj., cunc'ta'tor n.
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