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Meaning of defer

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  defer
      v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn:
           {postpone}, {prorogue}, {hold over}, {put over}, {table},
           {shelve}, {set back}, {defer}, {remit}, {put off}]
      2: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to
         the military pressure" [syn: {submit}, {bow}, {defer},
         {accede}, {give in}]


Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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