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All festinate antonyms

fes·ti·nate
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verb festinate

  • decelerate — When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.
  • walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
  • delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
  • slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • dally — If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
  • procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
  • dawdle — If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
  • halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
  • stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
  • rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
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