Definition
The act of delaying, hesitating, or procrastinating; deliberate slowness or reluctance in action.
Etymology
From Latin 'cunctari' (to delay, hesitate) + '-tion' (noun suffix indicating action). The Romans had this word for their own tendencies to delay, and English borrowed it through scholarly usage.
Kelly Says
The Romans themselves used 'cunctation' as a term—they even named a famous general Fabius Maximus 'the Delayer' for his deliberate slowing tactics, showing how ancient cultures understood procrastination.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
BNবাংলা
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
CACatalà
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
CSČeština
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
DADansk
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
DEDeutsch
Zögern
tsoe-gern
ELΕλληνικά
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
ESEspañol
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
FAفارسی
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
FISuomi
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
FRFrançais
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
GUGU
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
HAHA
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
HEעברית
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
HIहिन्दी
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
HUMagyar
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
IDBahasa Indonesia
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
IGIG
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
ITItaliano
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
KKKK
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
KMKM
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
MRMR
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
MSBahasa Melayu
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
MYမြန်မာ
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
NLNederlands
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
NONorsk
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
PAPA
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
PLPolski
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
PTPortuguês
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
RORomână
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
RUРусский
торможение
tor-mo-zhen-ye
SVSvenska
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
SWKiswahili
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
TAதமிழ்
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
TEతెలుగు
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
TLTL
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
TRTürkçe
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
UKУкраїнська
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
URاردو
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
VITiếng Việt
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
YOYO
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon
ZUZU
cunctation
kun-k-ta-syon