промедление

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Noun

промедле́ние (promedlénijen inan (genitive промедле́ния, nominative plural промедле́ния, genitive plural промедле́ний)

  1. procrastination, protraction, delay (act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
    • 1969 , Владимир Ленин , Письмо членам ЦК (Ленин В. И. Полное собрание сочинений; 34), page 436; English translation from Letter to Central Committee Members (V. I. Lenin — Collected Works; 26), 1977, page 235:
      Правительство колеблется. Надо добить его во что бы то ни стало!
      Промедление в выступлении смерти подобно.
      Pravitelʹstvo kolebletsja. Nado dobitʹ jevo vo što by to ni stalo!
      Promedlenije v vystuplenii smerti podobno.
      The government is tottering. It must be given the death-blow at all costs.
      To delay action is fatal.

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