All postponement synonyms

noun postponement

• distension — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
• adjournment — An adjournment is a temporary stopping of a trial, enquiry, or other meeting.
• extension — A part that is added to something to enlarge or prolong it; a continuation.
• quiescency — Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.
• logjam — an immovable pileup or tangle of logs, as in a river, causing a blockage.
• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• lifeboat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
• latency — the state of being latent.
• deferment — Deferment means arranging for something to happen at a later date.
• deferral — Deferral means the same as deferment.
• demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
• hangup — Alternative spelling of hang-up.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
• cooling-off period — A cooling-off period is an agreed period of time during which two sides with opposing views try to resolve a dispute before taking any serious action.
• moratorium — a suspension of activity: a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons.
• filibuster — U.S. Politics. the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority. an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose. a member of a legislature who makes such a speech.
• waiver — an intentional relinquishment of some right, interest, or the like.
• dilatation — a dilated formation or part.
• hold-up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• abeyancy — (rare) Abeyance.
• elusion — The act of eluding.
• deferring — to submit for decision; refer: We defer questions of this kind to the president.
• cutoff — A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening.
• interregnum — an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign and the accession of his or her normal or legitimate successor.
• abeyance — a state of being suspended or put aside temporarily
• heave ho — an act or effort of heaving.
• disbarment — to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
• detainment — to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
• cunctation — delay
• lateness — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
• eschewal — The act of eschewing.
• heave-ho — an act of rejection, dismissal, or forcible ejection: The bartender gave the noisy drunk the old heave-ho.