Associations to the word «Temporize»
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Wiktionary
TEMPORIZE, verb. To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes in order to reach a compromise or simply to make a conversation more temperate.
TEMPORIZE, verb. (obsolete) To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.
TEMPORIZE, verb. (obsolete) To delay; to procrastinate.
TEMPORIZE, verb. (obsolete) To comply; to agree.
Dictionary definition
TEMPORIZE, verb. Draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote".
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