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moratoria

moratoria is the plural of moratorium.

Meaning of moratorium

Noun

moratorium (plural moratoriums or moratoria)

  1. An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
  2. A suspension of an ongoing activity.
    • Canada may put a moratorium on cloning for research.
    Synonyms:
    hiatus
  3. A period of delay granted to someone, especially an adolescent or young adult, during which they are not yet required to take on adult obligations or make permanent commitments; an extended phase of identity exploration.

Questions about moratoria

What is moratoria the plural of?
Moratoria is the plural of moratorium.

Words near moratoria in the dictionary

  1. Moratayas
  2. morate
  3. Morath
  4. Moraths
  5. moration
  6. moratoria
  7. moratorial
  8. moratorium
  9. moratoriums
  10. moratory
  11. Moratta

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moratoria (page history and authors); moratorium (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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