Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged;
2.
suspension of an ongoing activity;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Moratorium \Mor`a*to"ri*um\, n. [NL. See Moratory.]
1. (Law) A period during which an obligor has a legal right
to delay meeting an obligation, esp. such a period
granted, as to a bank, by a moratory law.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. a suspension of an activity.
[PJC]
3. an officially authorized period of delay or waiting; as, a
moratorium on putting a law into effect.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
moratorium
n 1: a legally authorized postponement before some obligation
must be discharged
2: suspension of an ongoing activity
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "moratorium":
afterthought, bind, block, blockage, bureaucratic delay,
cancellation, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, detention,
double take, dragging, freeze, grace period, halt, hang-up, hiatus,
hindrance, holdup, interim, jam, lag, lagging, logjam,
obliteration, obstruction, paperasserie, pause, postponement,
red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, reprieve, respite, retardance,
retardation, slow-up, slowdown, slowness, stay, stay of execution,
stop, stoppage, suspense, suspension, tie-up, time lag, wait,
write-off