temporise
C2CEFR level
82/100Rarity: very rare
FormalRegister
General verb
To delay committing oneself or reaching a decision in order to gain time.
Rather than reject the ultimatum outright, the delegation chose to temporise while it consulted its capital.
Law verb
To delay a decision or act evasively in order to gain time.
Rather than concede the point, the respondent chose to temporise until the deadline passed.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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