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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CUNCTATION

n.[L., to delay. ] Delay. [Not much used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CUNCTATION

Cunc *ta "tion (knk-t "shn ), n. Etym: [L. cunctatio, fr. cunctari, p.p.cunctatus, to delay. ]

 

Defn: Delay; procrastination. [R.] Carlyle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cunctation

cunc ta tion |kəNGkˈtāSHən kəŋkˈteɪʃən | ▶noun the action or an instance of delaying; tardy action.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cunctation

cunc ta tion |kəNGkˈtāSHən kəŋkˈteɪʃən | ▶noun the action or an instance of delaying; tardy action.