Found 2 items, similar to moratorium.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: moratorium moratorium n 1: a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged 2: suspension of an ongoing activity [also: moratoria (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Moratorium Moratorium \Mor`a*to"ri*um\, n. [NL. See Moratory.] 1. (Law) A period during which an obligor has a legal right to delay meeting an obligation, esp. such a period granted, as to a bank, by a moratory law. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. a suspension of an activity. [PJC] 3. an officially authorized period of delay or waiting; as, a moratorium on putting a law into effect. [PJC]