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MORATORIUM

a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt

The meaning of the word moratorium is a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt.

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qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
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supplecompliant often to the point of obsequiousness
effectuateto cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
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isthmusa narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
perpetrateto bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit
compulsivehaving power to compel