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Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

Deferment :: Deferment (n.) The act of delaying; postponement.

Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

Ampliation :: Ampliation (n.) A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument..

Postposit :: Postposit (v. t.) To postpone.

Procrastinate :: Procrastinate (v. t.) To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance..

Postpone :: Postpone (v. t.) To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely..

Retard :: Retard (v. t.) To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations..

Mora :: Mora (n.) Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement..

Postponence :: Postponence (n.) The act of postponing, in sense 2..

Adjournal :: Adjournal (n.) Adjournment; postponement.

Adjourn :: Adjourn (v. t.) To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate..

Prolong :: Prolong (a.) To put off to a distant time; to postpone.

Contango :: Contango (n.) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation.

Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner..

Remanet :: Remanet (n.) A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case.

Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage..

Adjournment :: Adjournment (n.) The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.

Postpone :: Postpone (v. t.) To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance..

Postponer :: Postponer (n.) One who postpones.

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