Kazakhstan declared a moratorium on capital punishment.
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Moratorium
//ˌmɔ.ɹəˈtɔ.ɹi.əm//
Synonyms for "moratorium" (68 found)
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50 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِسْتِمْهَال noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
Belarusian
2 entries- марато́рый noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
- марато́рый noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Bulgarian
1 entries- морато́риум noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 中止 noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
- 停止 noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
- 暫停 /暂停 noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Czech
1 entries- moratorium noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Danish
1 entries- moratorium noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
Dutch
1 entries- moratorium noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Finnish
3 entries- keskeytys noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
- kielto noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
- lyhennysvapaus noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
French
2 entries- moratoire noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
- moratoire noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
German
2 entries- Moratorium noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
- Moratorium noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Hungarian
4 entries- felfüggesztés noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
- haladék noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
- leállítás noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
- moratórium noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
Icelandic
3 entries- frestur noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
- greiðslustöðvun noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
- stöðvun noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
Italian
1 entries- moratoria noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
Japanese
3 entries- モラトリアム noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
- モラトリアム noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
- 停止 noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Korean
4 entries- 모라토리엄 noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
- 지불연기 noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
- 지불유예 noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
- 지불정지 noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
Latvian
2 entries- moratorijs noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
- moratorijs noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Macedonian
1 entries- мораториум noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Māori
1 entries- auporotanga noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- moratorium noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
- moratorium noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Occitan
1 entries- moratòri noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آرالق noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Polish
1 entries- moratorium noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Portuguese
1 entries- moratória noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
Russian
2 entries- морато́рий noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
- морато́рий noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Slovak
1 entries- moratórium noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Spanish
2 entries- moratoria noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
- moratoria noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Swedish
1 entries- moratorium noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Ukrainian
2 entries- морато́рій noun (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
- морато́рій noun (suspension of an ongoing activity)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Scientists and environmentalists are urging an international moratorium on deep-sea mining after releasing a report indicating its impact on the Pacific Ocean and island states would be severe, extensive and last for generations.
Source: tatoeba (8811110)
Scientists and environmentalists are urging an international moratorium on deep-sea mining.
Source: tatoeba (8811111)
Eighty NGOs are calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining as a result of the report.
Source: tatoeba (8811116)
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