deferral :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (4)

deferral

n. act of putting off to a future time

recess

n. a state of abeyance or suspended business

postponement, deferment

n. act of putting off to a future time

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Fuzzynyms (21)

stay

n. continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"

stall, stalling

n. a tactic used to mislead or delay

arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, halt, stoppage

n. the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

suspension, abeyance

n. temporary cessation or suspension

suspension, dangling, hanging

n. the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"

continuance, continuation

n. the act of continuing an activity without interruption

dissolution, adjournment

n. the termination of a meeting

succession, sequence

n. the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"

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deferral

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