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List of meaning for defer

to postpone until later

postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off(verb)

hold back to a later time

"let's postpone the exam"

submit, bow, defer, accede, give in(verb)

yield to another's wish or opinion

"The government bowed to the military pressure"

to assign to a later time

we agreed to defer a discussion of the issue until we had more information

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