ext_34538 ([identity profile] simplyn2deep.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1_million_words2021-12-09 02:21 am

Word of the Day 12/08/21 Moratorium

Yeah...super late with the word of the day that should have been posted on 08 December.

Moratorium (noun)
moratorium [ mawr-uh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-, mor- ]


noun, plural mor·a·to·ri·a [mawr-uh-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-, mor-], mor·a·to·ri·ums.
1. a suspension of activity: a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons.
2. a legally authorized period to delay payment of money due or the performance of some other legal obligation, as in an emergency.
3. an authorized period of delay or waiting.

WORDS RELATED TO MORATORIUM
ban, delay, freeze, halt, pause, postponement, reprieve, truce, abeyance, adjournment, break, breather, deferment, downtime, five, respite, stay, breathing spell, grace period

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Origin: 1870–75; < New Latin, Late Latin morātōrium, noun use of neuter of morātōriusmoratory

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