Postponement Synonyms

The act of putting off or the condition of being put off
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. adjournment
  2. deferment
  3. deferral
  4. delay
  5. stay
  6. suspension
  7. waiver
Act of putting off to a future time
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. delay
  2. respite
  3. deferring
  4. suspension
  5. deferment
  6. procrastination
  7. adjournment
  8. hold
  9. time lag
  10. stay
  11. deferral
  12. wait
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Words Related to Postponement

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Postponement Sentence Examples

  • Many thought the postponement of emancipation unwise.

  • The existence of the soul in the body was its punishment for sins in a previous condition; and the doom of its sins in the body was its descent into other bodies, and the postponement of its deliverance " (Salmond's Christian Doctrine of Immortality, p. 109).

  • The leading principle in both is the postponement of the time for learning Latin.

  • The registrar general for England, indeed, has stated that whilst no more than about 17% of the decline in the birth-rate can be attributed to abstinence or postponement of marriage, nearly 70% should be ascribed to voluntary restriction.

  • In the Virginia convention of 1776 he favoured the postponement of a declaration of independence, until a firm union of the colonies and the friendship of France and Spain had been secured.

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