deferment

English

Etymology

From defer +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɜːmənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɚ.mənt/

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

deferment (plural deferments)

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

Synonyms

• (act of deferring): deferral; see also Thesaurus:deferment or Thesaurus:delay

Translations

act or instance of deferring

• Bulgarian: отсрочка (bg) f (otsročka), отлагане (bg) n (otlagane)
• Dutch: opschorting (nl), uitstel (nl)
• Finnish: lykkäys (fi)
• German: Aufschub (de) m, Verzögerung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀναβολή f (anabolḗ)

• Italian: dilazione (it) f, posponimento m, deferimento m
• Middle English: differryng
• Slovene: odlog m, moratorij (sl) m, preložitev f
• Spanish: diferimiento m
• Turkish: erteleme (tr), tehir etme, tehir (tr)

postponement of military service

• Dutch: uitstel van militaire dienst
• Finnish: lykkäys (fi)
• German: Aufschub (de) m
• Turkish: tecil (tr)

Anagrams

• fermented