postponement

English

Etymology

From postpone +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

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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

Derived terms

• nonpostponement

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) Hindi: स्थगन (hi) m (sthagan) Indonesian: penundaan (id) 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 Swahili: uahirishaji Ukrainian: відклада́ння n (vidkladánnja)