QUICKENINGS Antonyms

• a decrease in rate of change

• (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity

• the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed

• time during which some action is awaited

• the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

• cause to be slowed down or delayed

• act later than planned, scheduled, or required

• stop or halt

• slow the growth or development of

• proceeding in small stages

• (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt

• (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

• a decrease in rate of change

• the extent to which something is delayed or held back

• any agent that retards or delays or hinders

• lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

• the act of slowing down or falling behind

• a decrease in rate of change

• a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

• the pace of things that move relatively slowly

• inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

• lose velocity; move more slowly

• reduce the speed of

• lose velocity; move more slowly

• reduce the speed of