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Another word for defer

Verb

  1. To put off until a later time

    2. Idioms:
    See also:

    do

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

    3. Idioms:
    See also:

    resist

    precede

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Another word for defer

Verb

  1. To postpone

    2. See also:

    suspend

    delay

  2. To yield; usually used with to

    3. See also:

    yield

    yield

    agree to

    admit

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Sentence Examples

  • "You must defer to him in my absence as you do me," he reminded her.

  • consented to defer his Crusade until March 1222.

  • There was still no improvement in the countess' health, but it was impossible to defer the journey to Moscow any longer.

  • 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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