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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. act of putting off to a future time;
[syn: postponement, deferment, deferral]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deferment n 1: act of putting off to a future time [syn: postponement, deferment, deferral]