postponement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun time during which some action is awaited
    delay; hold; time lag; wait.
    • instant replay caused too long a delay
    • he ordered a hold in the action
  2. noun act of putting off to a future time
    deferment; deferral.

WordNet


Post*pone"ment noun
Definitions
  1. The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay. Macaulay.

Webster 1913