Defers Synonyms and Antonyms

Hold off, put off
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. yields
  2. delays
  3. submits
  4. shelves
  5. bows
Antonyms:
  1. advances
  2. hurries
  3. hastens
  4. forwards
  5. forges
  6. expedites
To submit to the wish or decision of another, as in recognition of authority.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. yields

Words Related to Defers

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Defers Sentence Examples

  • The second edition in English appeared at Edinburgh in 1611, and in the preface to it Napier states he intended to have published an edition in Latin soon after the original publication in 1593, but that, as the work had now been made public by the French and Dutch translations, besides the English editions, and as he was "advertised that our papistical adversaries wer to write larglie against the said editions that are alreadie set out," he defers the Latin edition "till having first seene the adversaries objections, I may insert in the Latin edition an apologie of that which is rightly done, and an amends of whatsoever is amisse."

  • But we must not allow such a theory to blind us to the true wisdom with which the writer defers his censure.

  • In arranging his list, however, he defers to the established doctrine of the four cardinal virtues (derived from Plato and the Stoics through Cicero); accordingly, the Aristotelian ten have to stand under the higher genera of (1) the prudence which gives reasoned rules of conduct, (2) the temperance which restrains misleading desire, and (3) the fortitude that resists misleading fear of dangers or toils.

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  • Despite their different philosophies, Seth often defers to his father's experience and takes every opportunity to soak up his advice on the pawn industry.