[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tardiness \tar"diness\, n.
   the quality or state of being tardy.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tardiness
     n : the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual
         or expected time ant: punctuality
see also:
punctuality 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 moby thesaurus words for "tardiness":
   anachronism, antedating, anticipation, belatedness, earliness,
   eleventh hour, high time, historical error, last minute, late hour,
   lateness, metachronism, misdate, misdating, mistiming,
   parachronism, postdating, prochronism, prolepsis, small hours,
   unpreparedness, unpunctuality, unreadiness, untimeliness

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