•An act of hesitation. · An act of extending a time limit such as paying a debt, a stay of execution, etc; a postponement, a grace, a delay, a suspension.
prolongation; lengthening (process of making something longer, in space or duration) · lengthening (process of becoming longer, in space or duration) · extra time, overtime
extension, prolongation (enlargement in time) · extension (allowance of further time granted to a debtor to pay a debt) · extra time, overtime
çekim: çoğul παρατάσεις · tamlayan παράτασης
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παράτασις (parátasis) with -ση (-si) suffix and semantic loan from French prolongation (“extra time, overtime”).