0 present participle of temporize --
1 to delay making a decision or stating your opinion in order to get an advantage --
During the mid-1960s, relations between white liberals and the civil rights movement became increasingly strained; civil rights leaders accused liberal politicians of temporizing and procrastinating.
This is, however, only a temporizing measure.
Other temporizing measures may include nebulized salbutamol, intravenous insulin (usually given in combination with glucose, and sodium bicarbonate) which all temporarily drive potassium into the interior of cells.
However, while needle cricothyrotomy may be life-saving in extreme circumstances, this technique is only intended to be a temporizing measure until a definitive airway can be established.
At least one modern commentator has characterized the decision temporizing and cautious.
It is important to remember that permissive hypotension is a temporizing measure to improve outcomes until the source of bleeding is controlled.
