Thesaurus
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deferment
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deferment
English
Noun
Sense: an act of delaying taking action
Synonyms
adjournment
deferral
deferment
demurral
procrastination
prolongation
protraction
Antonyms
precrastination
Hyponyms
dithering
See also
Thesaurus:delay
Thesaurus:procrastinate
Thesaurus:wait
Further reading
“
133. lateness
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
deferment
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.