noun
mŏrātĭo
Meaning
- a delaying, tarrying, a delay
mŏrātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a delaying, tarrying, a delay, Vitr. 9, 4:
morationibus impediri, id. ib.: litoraria, delay on the coast, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 74.