Akademik

deferral

noun

1. a state of abeyance or suspended business

• Syn: ↑recess

• Hypernyms: ↑abeyance, ↑suspension

2. act of putting off to a future time

• Syn: ↑postponement, ↑deferment

• Derivationally related forms: ↑defer, ↑defer (for: ↑deferment), ↑postpone (for: ↑postponement)

• Hypernyms: ↑delay, ↑holdup

• Hyponyms: ↑adjournment

Useful english dictionary. 2012.