#133.  Lateness. —­ N. {ant. 132} lateness &c. adj.; tardiness &c.
(slowness) 275.
     delay, delation; cunctation, procrastination; deferring, deferral &c.
v.; postponement, adjournment, prorogation, retardation, respite, pause, reprieve, stay of execution; protraction, prolongation; Fabian policy, medecine expectante[Fr], chancery suit, federal case; leeway; high time; moratorium, holdover. 
     V. be late &c. adj.; tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time; dawdle &c.
(be inactive) 683; linger, loiter; bide one’s time, take one’s time; gain time; hang fire; stand over, lie over.
     put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend; table [parliamentary]; shift
off, stave off; waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn; procrastinate; dally; prolong, protract; spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out; prorogue; keep back; tide over; push to the last, drive to the last; let the matter stand over; reserve &c. (store) 636; temporize; consult one’s pillow, sleep on it.
     lose an opportunity &c. 135; be kept waiting, dance attendance; kick
one’s heels, cool one’s heels; faire antichambre[Fr][obs3]; wait impatiently; await &c. (expect) 507; sit up, sit up at night. 
     Adj. late, tardy, slow, behindhand, serotine[obs3], belated,
postliminious[obs3], posthumous, backward, unpunctual, untimely; delayed, postponed; dilatory &c. (slow) 275; delayed &c. v.; in abeyance. 
     Adv. late; lateward[obs3], backward; late in the day; at sunset, at
the eleventh hour, at length, at last; ultimately; after time, behind time, after the deadline; too late; too late for &c. 135.
     slowly, leisurely, deliberately, at one’s leisure; ex post facto; sine
die [parl.]. 
     Phr. nonum prematur in annum [Lat][Horace]; “against the sunbeams
serotine and lucent” [Longfellow]; ie meglio tardi che mai[It]; deliberando saepe perit occasio [Lat][Syrus].

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     #134.  Occasion. —­ N. {ant. 135} timeliness, occasion, opportunity,
opening, room; event (eventuality) 151; suitable season, proper season, suitable time, proper time; high time; opportuneness &c. adj.; tempestivity[obs3].
     crisis, turn, juncture, conjuncture; crisis, turning point, given
time.
     nick of time; golden opportunity, well timed opportunity, fine
opportunity, favorable opportunity, opening; clear stage, fair field; mollia tempora[Lat][obs3]; fata Morgana[Lat]; spare time &c. (leisure) 685. 
     V. seize &c. (take) 789 an opportunity, use &c. 677 an opportunity,
give &c. 784 an opportunity, use an occasion; improve the occasion.
     suit the occasion &c. (be expedient) 646.
     seize the occasion, strike while the iron is hot, battre le fer sur
l’enclume[Fr], make hay while the sun shines, seize the present hour, take time by the forelock, prendre la balle au bond[Fr]. 
     Adj. opportune, timely, well-timed, timeful[obs3], seasonable.
     providential, lucky,