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[ dih-fur-muhnt ] / dɪˈfɜr mənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR deferment ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of deferring or putting off; postponement. a temporary exemption from induction into military service. Origin of defermentFirst recorded in 1605–15; defer1 + -ment Words nearby defermentdeferent, deferent duct, deferentectomy, deferential, deferentitis, deferment, deferrable, deferral, deferred, deferred annuity, deferred charge Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for defermentThere is no deferment, there is just pay 50 percent of your income, now. The Not-So-Bright Future of Palestine's Class of 2013|Maysoon Zayid|June 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST When her second deferment is up this May, a judge will decide to send her back to Mexico or defer her again. Should This Woman Be Deported? Meet Jessica Colotl, a Casualty of the Failed DREAM Act|Whitney Joiner|January 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST The forging of the weapon, and its adequate preparation for use, are not matters susceptible of deferment until the crucial hour. Sound Military Decision|U.s. Naval War College Life is neither remembrance nor anticipation, neither regret nor deferment, but present realization. The Gate of Appreciation|Carleton Noyes
But deferment made the heart sick, and the brain and almost the stomach. The Cup of Fury|Rupert Hughes Theodosia argued for a deferment of the marriage, quoting Aristotle, that a man should not marry till he was thirty-six. Famous American Belles of the Nineteenth Century|Virginia Tatnall Peacock
British Dictionary definitions for defermentdefermentdeferral (dɪˈfɜːrəl)
nounthe act of deferring or putting off until another time; postponement Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to defermentmoratorium, adjournment, deferral, delay, suspension, pause, stay, putting off |