postponement

English

Etymology

From postpone +‎ -ment.

Noun

postponement (countable and uncountable, plural postponements)

1. 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.

   • 1976 February 7, Philip Gambone, “Coming Out: The Gay Identity Process”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 32, page 4:

     The postponement of homosexual behavior in men who know that they are homosexual can cause psychological anxiety and retard mature ego development.

Synonyms

• cunctation, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay

Translations

the state of being adjourned

• Azerbaijani: təxir
• Bulgarian: отлагане (bg) n (otlagane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 推遲 / 推迟 (zh) (tuīchí), 延緩 / 延缓 (zh) (yánhuǎn), 延期 (zh) (yánqī)

• French: ajournement (fr) m
• German: Aufschub (de) m, Verschiebung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀναβολή f (anabolḗ)

• Japanese: 延期 (ja) (えんき, enki)
• Macedonian: одложу́вање n (odložúvanje)
• Maori: tinakutanga, pāuhunga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ajournement n, utsettelse m, utsetning m or f, utsetting m or f

• 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
• Ukrainian: відклада́ння n (vidkladánnja)