cunctation Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Cunc*ta"tion noun
Etymology
L. cunctatio, fr. cunctari, p.p. cunctatus, to delay.
Definitions
  1. Delay; procrastination. R. Carlyle.

Webster 1913