retard

Retardation.

To make slow or slower; obstruct in motion or progress; delay; impede; clog; hinder.

To defer; postpone; put off.

Synonyms To detain, delay.

To be delayed or later than usual.

To stay back.

To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; ; — opposed to accelerate.

To put off; to postpone

Retardation; delay.