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What is another word for
postponement
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To act of putting something off until a future date or time
The act of postponing, delaying, or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally
An additional period of time granted to fulfill an obligation
Aimless or unproductive activity
The act of retarding or delaying
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Noun
▲
To act of putting something off until a future date or time
delay
suspension
deferment
deferral
stay
adjournment
rescheduling
shelving
moratorium
pause
respite
procrastination
deferring
continuance
protraction
rearrangement
put-off
putting off
putting back
abeyance
dormancy
remission
tabling
abeyancy
quiescence
suspense
reprieve
latency
intermission
interruption
doldrums
continuation
holding pattern
deep freeze
prorogation
cold storage
suspended animation
recess
hiatus
discontinuation
rain check
break
arrest
stoppage
pigeonholing
breather
halt
mothballing
rest
downtime
grace
holdup
letup
freeze
extension
cessation
waiting
inactivity
stopping
interlude
layoff
stay of execution
carrying over
armistice
limbo
temporary cessation
let up
time out
check
quiescency
knocking off
taking five
suspension of proceedings
time-out
unconsciousness
inexpression
transferal
ampliatio
reserve
change of date
a state of dormancy
a state of suspension
on ice
adjustment
rearranging
change
a state of latency
temporarily deferred
hanging fire
in cold storage
a state of uncertainty
on the back burner
standstill
five
breathing spell
grace period
more ❯
“The briefing called for a
postponement
of the vote and for further dialogue so that some workable consensus could be reached.”
Noun
▲
The act of postponing, delaying, or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally
procrastination
delay
hesitation
stalling
dithering
vacillation
deferment
slowness
dilatoriness
slackness
adjournment
temporization
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
dilly-dallying
shilly-shallying
humming and hawing
delaying tactics
kicking the can down the road
putting off
pausing
waiting
dawdling
cunctation
delaying
hanging back
pause
havering
lingering
loitering
wavering
dallying
tarrying
faltering
hesitance
hesitancy
rest
respite
demurral
breather
reprieve
recess
dragging your feet
indecision
lagging behind
hemming and hawing
doubt
irresolution
indecisiveness
dubiety
equivocation
irresoluteness
tentativeness
fluctuation
oscillation
qualm
skepticism
US
scruple
shilly-shally
fumbling
scepticism
UK
misgiving
mistrust
reluctance
indisposition
timidity
unwillingness
uncertainty
stumbling
stuttering
stammering
averseness
timidness
to-and-fro
unsureness
doubtfulness
wabbling
wobbling
incertitude
swithering
fence-sitting
second thoughts
blowing hot and cold
ambivalence
teetering
lack of resolution
sitting on the fence
reservation
diffidence
dubiousness
condition
nervousness
inconclusiveness
indefiniteness
indeterminacy
woolliness
vagueness
unclearness
changeability
reserve
inaction
foot-dragging
failure to act
slow-walking
idling
loafing
procrastinating
frittering
trifling
dalliance
weakness
shillyshallying
half-heartedness
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Noun
▲
An additional period of time granted to fulfill an obligation
extension
deferral
delay
additional time
extra time
increased time
longer period
more time
additional period of time
leeway
further time
buffer period
grace period
Noun
▲
Aimless or unproductive activity
timepass
doing nothing useful
procrastination
twiddling one's thumbers
deferment
deferral
doing nothing
pastime
putting off
stalling
waste of time
wasting time
boondoggle
Noun
▲
The act of retarding or delaying
retardation
delay
holdup
wait
stoppage
stall
lag
suspension
letup
retardment
interval
stop
detention
downtime
detainment
check
stay
logjam
jam
surcease
filibuster
holding
prorogation
hindrance
impediment
setback
obstruction
showstopper
hangup
bind
obstacle
problem
adjournment
cunctation
dawdling
demurral
discontinuation
impedance
lingering
loitering
moratorium
procrastination
remission
reprieve
tarrying
hold-up
tie-up
holding pattern
cooling-off period
putting off
holdback
stonewalling
delaying
blocking
break
pause
hold
intermission
interlude
halt
lapse
cessation
lull
opposition
kicking the can down the road
delaying tactics
interference
respite
recess
interruption
hiatus
gap
rest
entr'acte
time wasted
period of waiting
time lag
interim
interregnum
breathing space
discontinuity
interstice
lacuna
spell
gridlock
latency
breather
hiccup
hiccough
layoff
pausation
time out
snag
discontinuance
hitch
deadlock
end
block
parenthesis
standstill
period
stand
lead time
let-up
caesura
time-out
bottleneck
ado
difficulty
glitch
ten
limbo
five
snafu
trouble
slowness
intervening period
intervening time
passage
smoko
half-time
course
traffic jam
waiting path
term
span
passing
pause in the action
blockage
retard
trammel
waiting period
stalemate
impasse
abeyance
standoff
cutoff
finish
checkmate
breath
ending
stopover
freeze
comma
beat
hole
hush
stillness
arrest
breathing spell
inaction
coffee break
closing
break-off
lapse of time
break off
happy hour
rest period
dead stop
full stop
Mexican standoff
communication breakdown
dead end
halting
ceasing
desisting
remaining
stopping
hesitation
terminating
deterring
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