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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. time during which some action is awaited;
- Example: "instant replay caused too long a delay"
- Example: "he ordered a hold in the action"
[syn: delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait]

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Postponement \Post*pone"ment\, n.
   The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a
   future time; a temporary delay. --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

postponement
    n 1: time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay
         caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
         [syn: delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait]
    2: act of putting off to a future time [syn: postponement,
       deferment, deferral]