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1.1
Noun
1.1.1
Sense: an act of delaying taking action
1.1.1.1
Synonyms
1.1.1.2
Antonyms
1.1.1.3
Hyponyms
1.2
See also
1.3
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deferment
English
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Noun
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Sense: an act of delaying taking action
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Synonyms
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adjournment
deferral
deferment
demurral
procrastination
prolongation
protraction
Antonyms
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precrastination
Hyponyms
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dithering
See also
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Thesaurus:delay
Thesaurus:procrastinate
Thesaurus:wait
Further reading
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“
133. lateness
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Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
deferment
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Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.
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