CUNCTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cunctation mean? 

• CUNCTATION (noun)
  The noun CUNCTATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

  Familiarity information: CUNCTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUNCTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cunctation; procrastination; shillyshally

Hypernyms ("cunctation" is a kind of...):

delay; holdup (the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time)