cooling-off period
Time to reconsider
A cooling-off period is a designated interval for reflection before a decision becomes final or binding.
Consumer protection laws often provide cooling-off periods during which buyers can cancel purchases without penalty: You have a fourteen-day cooling-off period to return the mattress.
Labor relations use the term for mandatory waiting periods before strikes.
In personal contexts, it's time to let emotions settle: They agreed to a cooling-off period before resuming negotiations.
Temporary prohibition or delay
- rescissionFormal annulment of agreements
- contract cancellationNullifying a binding agreement
- consumer protectionLaws defending purchasers' interests
- door-to-door salesCommerce via household visits
return window · revocation · buyer's remorse · escrow · due diligence · compliance · regulation
Reducing conflict intensity
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- détenteEasing of strained relations
- peace talksFormal conflict-resolution discussions
negotiation · armistice · disarmament · rapprochement · confidence-building · dialogue · conciliation · olive branch
Becoming less agitated
- stepping backMoving away backward
- breathing roomSpace for relief
- timeoutBrief suspension of play
- decompressionReduction of pressure
anger management · composure · separation · break · distance · processing time · self-regulation · pause
Joint worker-employer talks
- union negotiationWorkers bargaining with employers
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
lockout · labor relations · Taft-Hartley · injunction · contract dispute · grievance procedure · conciliation · employment law
Returned light or thought
- reconsiderationRenewed evaluation of something
- second thoughtsDoubts after deciding
- weighing optionsConsidering alternatives carefully
- buyer protectionCoverage for failed transactions
thinking it over · informed consent · deliberation · contemplation · evaluation · assessment
moratorium
Temporary prohibition or delay
- rescissionFormal annulment of agreements
- contract cancellationNullifying a binding agreement
- consumer protectionLaws defending purchasers' interests
door-to-door sales · return window · revocation · buyer's remorse · escrow · due diligence · compliance · regulation
de-escalation
Reducing conflict intensity
peace talks · negotiation · armistice · disarmament · rapprochement · confidence-building · dialogue · conciliation · olive branch · standdown
calming down
Becoming less agitated
- stepping backMoving away backward
- breathing roomSpace for relief
- timeoutBrief suspension of play
decompression · anger management · composure · separation · break · distance · processing time · self-regulation · pause · collecting oneself
collective bargaining
Joint worker-employer talks
- union negotiationWorkers bargaining with employers
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
mediation · lockout · labor relations · Taft-Hartley · injunction · contract dispute · grievance procedure · conciliation · employment law
reflection
Returned light or thought
- reconsiderationRenewed evaluation of something
- second thoughtsDoubts after deciding
- weighing optionsConsidering alternatives carefully
thinking it over · buyer protection · informed consent · deliberation · contemplation · evaluation · assessment
- negotiationbargaining, bargain, negotiate, mediation, compromise
- contract termscontract terms, agreement, terms, conditions, condition
- Timesharestimeshare, vacation ownership, points system, shared ownership, right to use
- commitmentsvow, pledge, oath, vows, promise
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- store policiesreturn policy, refund, money back, satisfaction guarantee, exchange policy
cooling-off periodsnap decision
Instant, unreflective determination
impulse purchase · hasty decision · rush to judgment · expedited process · lightning round
cooling-off periodheat of passion
Intense temporary emotional disturbance
boiling point · flare-up · confrontation · blow-up · heated exchange
cooling-off periodbinding agreement
Enforceable mutual commitment
final sale · point of no return · all sales final · caveat emptor · as-is sale
period, cooler, coolness, uncool, cooling, periodic, cooled, coolest, periodically