資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cunctation \Cunc*ta"tion\ (k?nk-t?"sh?n), n. [L. cunctatio, fr.
   cunctari, p. p. cunctatus, to delay.]
   Delay; procrastination. [R.] --Carlyle.

資料來源 : WordNet®

cunctation
     n : the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or
         defering an action to a later time [syn: {procrastination},
          {shillyshally}]