POSTPONEMENT

postponement, deferment, deferral

(noun) act of putting off to a future time

delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait

(noun) time during which some action is awaited; “instant replay caused too long a delay”; “he ordered a hold in the action”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

postponement (countable and uncountable, plural postponements)

A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.

• cunctation, hold-up; see also delay

Source: Wiktionary

Post*pone"ment, n.

Definition: The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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11 January 2025

(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries

Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.