defer (v.)

  1. hold back to a later time; lets postpone the exam

    [ Syn: postpone , prorogue , hold over , put over , table , shelve , set back , remit , put off ]

  2. yield to anothers wish or opinion; The government bowed to the military pressure

    [ Syn: submit , bow , accede , give in ]

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