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Another word for defer

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defer

v.

To postpone
put off, delay, shelve; see delay 1, suspend 2.
To yield; usually used with to
submit, obey, accede, acquiesce, concede, comply, give in, bow; see also admit 3, agree to, yield 1, 3. See syn. study at yield.

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Another word for defer

verb

To put off until a later time:

adjourn, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay¹, suspend, table, waive. (Informal) wait. Idiom: put on ice. See do

verb

To conform to the will or judgment of another, especially out of respect or courtesy:

bow¹, submit, yield. Idioms: give ground, give way. See precede, resist

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"You must defer to him in my absence as you do me," he reminded her.
There was still no improvement in the countess' health, but it was impossible to defer the journey to Moscow any longer.
Consented to defer his Crusade until March 1222.
Hilden might defer to him in her absence, but Taran knew where the loyalty of most of the men lay.
The resistance of single cities, and the temporary union of the Arcadians during the second Messenian war, did not defer the complete subjugation of the land beyond the 6th century.

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