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deferment

noun

/dɪˈfɜːmənt/UK/dɪˈfɚ.mənt/US

Etymology

From defer + -ment.

derived from differō
derived from differer
inherited from differren — “to postpone”
suffixed as deferment — “defer + ment”

Definitions

An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
Officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service.

The neighborhood

synonymdelay
synonymadjournment
synonymdeferment
synonymdemurral
synonymprocrastination
synonymprolongation
synonymprotraction
antonymprecrastination
neighbordelay
neighborprocrastinate
neighborwait
neighbordithering

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for deferment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA