Lateness
Nouns
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lateness etc. adj.
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tardiness etc. (slowness) Slowness. delay, delation
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cunctation, procrastination
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deferring, deferral etc. v.
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postponement, adjournment, prorogation, retardation, respite, pause, reprieve, stay of execution
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protraction, prolongation
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Fabian policy, chancery suit, federal case
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leeway
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high time
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moratorium, holdover.
Verbs
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be late etc. adj.
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tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time
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dawdle etc. (be inactive) Inactivity
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linger, loiter
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bide one's time, take one's time
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gain time
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hang fire
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stand over, lie over. put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend
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table [Parl.]
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shift off, stave off
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waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn
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procrastinate
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dally
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prolong, protract
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spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out
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prorogue
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keep back
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tide over
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push to the last, drive to the last
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let the matter stand over
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reserve etc. (store) Store
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temporize
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consult one's pillow, sleep on it. lose an opportunity etc. Untimeliness
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be kept waiting, dance attendance
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kick one's heels, cool one's heels
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wait impatiently
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await etc. (expect) Expectation
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sit up, sit up at night.
Adjectives
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late, tardy, slow, behindhand, serotine, belated, postliminious, posthumous, backward, unpunctual, untimely
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delayed, postponed
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dilatory etc. (slow) Slowness
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delayed etc. v.
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in abeyance.
Adverbs
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late
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lateward, backward
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late in the day
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at sunset, at the eleventh hour, at length, at last
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ultimately
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after time, behind time, after the deadline
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too late
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too late for etc. Untimeliness. slowly, leisurely, deliberately, at one's leisure
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ex post facto
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sine die.
Phrases
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against the sunbeams serotine and lucent" [Longfellow]