Hypertext Webster Gateway: "postponement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Postponement \Post*pone"ment\, n.
The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a
future time; a temporary delay. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}, {wait}]
2: act of putting off to a future time [syn: {deferment}, {deferral}]
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