verb

1. To put off until a later time; to defer.

2. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.

   “The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.”

3. To allay; to temper.

Synonyms: calm, moderate, quell, cunctation, hold-up, adjourn, defer, forslow

verb

1. To dilute, temper.

2. To assuage, quench, allay.