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postponement |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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