deferment

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The definition of a deferment is a postponement or delay of something to a later date.

(noun)

  1. When you get permission to stop paying student loans until you have graduated from college, this is an example of a deferment.
  2. When you are drafted to serve in the army but are able to put it off until you've graduated from college, this is an example of a deferment.

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See deferment in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a deferring or being deferred; postponement
also deferral

See deferment in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The act or an instance of delaying or putting off.
  2. Officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service.

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