cooling period
Mandated reflection time
A cooling period is a mandatory waiting time before an action can be completed, designed to prevent impulsive decisions.
Gun purchases, divorce filings, and contract cancellations often require cooling periods: There's a ten-day cooling period before the sale is final.
The phrase suggests that emotions run hot and time allows reason to prevail.
- cooldownGradual intensity reduction
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- cooling offGradual temperature reduction
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- timeoutBrief suspension of play
time out · breathing room · step back · intermission · pause · quiet time · moratorium · hiatus · standstill · breather · interval · recess · buffer · truce · ceasefire · deliberation · stand down · restraint
cooling periodsnap judgment
Rapid evaluation without deliberation
rush to judgment · instant gratification · urgency · impulse purchase · hasty decision
cooling periodboiling point
Vaporization threshold
escalation · flash point · intensification · flare-up · blowup
cooling periodbinding agreement
Enforceable mutual commitment
point of no return · closing · consummation · done deal · signed and sealed
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