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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.

Macaulay.

Noun.

The act of deferring to a future time; temporary delay of business.

postponement ‎(plural postponements)

A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.
The lawyer asked for a postponement in the trial so he could spend more time preparing before it began.

the state of being adjourned

Chinese:
Mandarin: 推遲 (zh), 推迟 (zh) ‎(tuīchí), 延緩 (zh), 延缓 (zh) ‎(yánhuǎn), 延期 (zh) ‎(yánqī)
French: ajournement (fr) m
German: Aufschub (de) m, Verschiebung (de) f

Japanese: 延期 (ja) ‎(えんき, enki)
Romanian: amânare (ro) f
Russian: отсро́чка (ru) f ‎(otsróčka) (postponement), откла́дывание (ru) n ‎(otkládyvanije) (act of postponing), заде́ржка (ru) f ‎(zadéržka) (delay)
Spanish: aplazamiento m