Extended for a while (4)

I believe the answer is:

lent

(Other definitions for lent that I've seen before include "Period of penance" , "Time of fasting" , "Christian period of abstinence" , "days before Easter" , "Period of fasting" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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