Deferment

2 definitions found

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

  Deferment \De*fer"ment\, n. [See 1st {Defer}.]
     The act of delaying; postponement. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           My grief, joined with the instant business,
           Begs a deferment.                        --Suckling.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deferment
       n : act of putting off to a future time [syn: {postponement}, {deferral}]