Definition of defer

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Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.

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Deference :: Deference (n.) A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.
Deferrer :: Deferrer (n.) One who defers or puts off.
Immediate :: Immediate (a.) Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.
Honor :: Honor (n.) To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship..
Deferent :: Deferent (n.) That which carries or conveys.
Postponement :: Postponement (n.) The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay..
Defervescence :: Defervescence (n.) Alt. of Defervescenc.
Procrastinator :: Procrastinator (n.) One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything..
Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.
Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
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..
Tarry :: Tarry (v. t.) To delay; to defer; to put off.
Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business..
Defervescency :: Defervescency (n.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia..
Dutiful :: Dutiful (a.) Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection..
Delay :: Delay (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
Deferential :: Deferential (a.) Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.
Respect :: Respect (v.) An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another..
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..
Vasa Deferentia :: Vasa deferentia (pl. ) of Va.
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