moratio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mŏrātĭo, ōnis, f. [moror],

a delaying, tarrying, a delay , Vitr. 9, 4: morationibus impediri, id. ib.: litoraria, delay on the coast , Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 74.