Associations to the word «Defer»
Noun
- Toss
- Gratification
- Deference
- Judgment
- Judgement
- Payment
- Expertise
- Pointe
- Taxpayer
- Decision
- Faithful
- Coping
- Assent
- Morrow
- Vas
- Reclamation
- Departure
- Planting
- Willingness
- Delay
- Taxation
- Retirement
- Tax
- Wish
- Prosecutor
- Execution
- Coin
- Opinion
- Restraint
- Refusal
- Salary
- Statute
- Grayson
- Sovereign
- Consideration
- Baptism
- Caretaker
- Disapproval
- Advice
- Credential
- Legislature
- Discretion
- Appropriation
- Harrington
- Authority
- Sensibility
- Matter
- Court
- Request
- Seller
- Pawn
- Gain
- Assertion
- Installment
- Interpretation
- Necessity
- Option
- Wisdom
- Paying
Adjective
Verb
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
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.