Associations to the word «Moratorium»

Wiktionary

MORATORIUM, noun. (legal) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. [from 19th c.]
MORATORIUM, noun. A suspension of an ongoing activity. [from 20th c.]

Dictionary definition

MORATORIUM, noun. A legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged.
MORATORIUM, noun. Suspension of an ongoing activity.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley