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Procrastination Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Procrastination has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it

3

The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
delay slowness

Origin

The word comes from the Latin prōcrāstinātiō, which is built from prō meaning "forward" and crāstinus meaning "of tomorrow." Originally, it described the act of putting something off until the next day.

Rhyming Words
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