moratorium
noun/ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əm/UK/ˌmɔ.ɹəˈtɔ.ɹi.əm/US
Etymology
New Latin from Late Latin morātōrium, noun use of the neuter of morātōrius (“moratory, delaying”), from Latin moror (“to delay”), from mora (“delay”), from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”). See also moratory.
- derived from *mere✻
- derived from moror
- derived from morātōrium
Definitions
An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
A suspension of an ongoing activity.
- Canada may put a moratorium on cloning for research.
- It so happened that at that time the moratorium on the death penalty caused by the Supreme Court decision in the Furman case was still in effect.
- If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium.
The neighborhood
- synonyminterruption
- synonymrecess
- synonympause
- neighbormoratory
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA