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MORATORIUM
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Irregular inflected form: moratoria
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suspension of an ongoing activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("moratorium" is a kind of...):
abeyance; suspension (temporary cessation or suspension)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("moratorium" is a kind of...):
delay; hold; postponement; time lag; wait (time during which some action is awaited)
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