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Webster 1913 Edition

Deferment

De-fer′ment

,

Noun.

[See 1st

.]

The act of delaying; postponement.

[R.]

My grief, joined with the instant business,
Begs a

deferment

.

Suckling.

Webster 1828 Edition

Deferment

DEFERMENT

,

Noun.

Delay.

Definition 2024

deferment

deferment

English

Noun

deferment ‎(plural deferments)

An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
Officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service.

Synonyms

deferral

Translations

act or instance of deferring

Bulgarian: отсрочка (bg) f ‎(otsročka), отлагане (bg) n ‎(otlagane)
Dutch: opschorting,uitstel (nl)
Finnish: lykkäys

German: Aufschub (de) m, Verzögerung (de) f
Italian: dilazione (it) f, posponimento m, deferimento m
Slovene: odlog m, moratorij (sl) m, preložitev f
Turkish: erteleme (tr), tehir etme

postponement of military service

Dutch: uitstel van militaire dienst
Finnish: lykkäys

German: Aufschub (de) m
Turkish: tecil (tr)

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