Associations to the word «Defer»
Noun
- Pleasure
- Executive
- Longer
- Respect
- Compensation
- Admission
- Proclamation
- Punishment
- Determination
- Consultation
- Errand
- Submission
- Purchase
- Legislator
- Discussion
- Packet
- Jurisdiction
- Employer
- Explanation
- Sion
- Node
- Commencement
- Concession
- Chose
- Opportunity
- Vengeance
- Skinner
- Tyrant
- Question
- Ego
- Prosecution
- Debt
- Undertaking
- Happiness
- Resolution
- Expense
- Liability
- Crisis
- Sup
- Lordship
- Desire
- Dispute
- Proposal
- Accounting
- Investment
- Compromise
- Endeavor
- Armament
- Finding
- Ira
- Completion
- Choice
- Prejudice
- Recommendation
- Legislation
- Regard
- Removal
- Favor
- Appeal
- Saving
- Seek
Adjective
Wiktionary
DEFER, verb. (transitive) To delay or postpone; especially to postpone induction into military service.
DEFER, verb. (American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
DEFER, verb. (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
DEFER, verb. (legal) To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.
DEFER, verb. To render, to offer.
Dictionary definition
DEFER, verb. Hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam".
DEFER, verb. Yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.