Usually means: Delaying action to gain time.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word temporizing:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. temporizing: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. temporizing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. temporizing: Vocabulary.com
  4. temporizing: Wordnik
  5. temporizing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. temporizing: Wiktionary
  7. temporizing: Dictionary.com
  8. Temporizing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Temporizing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. temporizing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. temporizing: Free Dictionary
  12. temporizing: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. temporizing: Legal dictionary

(Note: See temporize as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (temporizing)

adjective:  Of or relating to temporization (in its various senses).
noun:  The act of one who temporizes, or acts evasively.

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