retardment

noun retardment

• cooling-off period — A cooling-off period is an agreed period of time during which two sides with opposing views try to resolve a dispute before taking any serious action.
• cunctation — delay
• dead weight — A dead weight is a load which is surprisingly heavy and difficult to lift.
• 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.
• demurral — the act or an instance of demurring