All retardation synonyms

noun retardation

• intermeddling — Present participle of intermeddle.
• logjam — an immovable pileup or tangle of logs, as in a river, causing a blockage.
• meddlesomeness — The qualities of being meddlesome; officiousness, intrusiveness.
• lateness — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
• impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
• imperviousness — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
• impediment — obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
• downtrend — a downward or decreasing tendency, movement, or shift: a downtrend in gasoline consumption; a downtrend in stock prices.
• demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
• interposition — the act or fact of interposing or the condition of being interposed.
• hangup — Alternative spelling of hang-up.
• 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.
• 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.
• loitering — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
• deceleration — to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
• hold-up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• drop-off — a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
• backwardness — toward the back or rear.
• losings — causing or suffering loss.
• loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
• dead weight — A dead weight is a load which is surprisingly heavy and difficult to lift.
• falloff — a decline in quantity, vigor, etc.
• lingering — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
• misplacement — to put in a wrong place.
• interference — an act, fact, or instance of interfering.
• insusceptibility — not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
• mental deficiency — mental retardation
• cunctation — delay