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deferment|dɪˈfɜːmənt|
[f. defer v.1 + -ment. Possibly from F.: Godefroy Suppl. cites an example of déferrement of 14th c.]
A putting off; postponement, delay.
1612W. Parkes Curtaine Dr. (1876) 31 Mercers and Taylors may their customes hire, With long deferment of their tedious bils. 1832Southey Hist. Penins. War III. 191 The cases which could bear no deferment of relief. 1884M. Arnold in Pall Mall G. 1 Dec. 6/2 The delays and the deferments which they are certain to lead to. |