defer

1. Hold back to a later time (synset 202648898)
   "let's postpone the exam"
   entail:

   • reschedule - assign a new time and place for an event
   • call off, cancel, scratch, scrub - postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
   is a type of: delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required
   subtypes:

   • call - stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
   • hold - stop dealing with
   • suspend - render temporarily ineffective
   • probate - put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
   • reprieve, respite - postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
   same as: hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table
2. Yield to another's wish or opinion (synset 200879879)
   "The government bowed to the military pressure"
   is a type of: buckle under, give in, knuckle under, succumb, yield - consent reluctantly
   same as: accede, bow, give in, submit

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