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English Dictionary: postponement by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
postponement
n
  1. time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
    Synonym(s): delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
  2. act of putting off to a future time
    Synonym(s): postponement, deferment, deferral
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Postponement \Post*pone"ment\, n.
      The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a
      future time; a temporary delay. --Macaulay.
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