Lewis & Short

dīlātĭo, ōnis, f. [differo, B. 3.],

  1. I. a putting off, delaying, deferring (good prose).
          1. (α) With gen.: temporis, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2: comitiorum, id. de Imp. Pomp. 1, 2: belli, Liv. 9, 43; 45: foederis, id. 9, 5: exitii, Tac. A. 6, 4 fin. al.
          2. (β) Absol.: alter (consul) nullam dilationem patiebatur, Liv. 21, 52; 7, 14; 40, 57; Sen. de Ira, 3, 12: solatium dilationis et morae, Suet. Ner. 15; Vulg. Act. 25, 17 al.; in plur., Liv. 5, 5; Vell. 2, 79, al.
            Esp. law t. t., the adjournment of a legal hearing or judgment: Cassius, interpellatis judicibus, dilationem petiit, Suet. Gram. 22.
  2. II. The interval: spatiosa, Apul. M. 11, p. 262, 28.