POSTPONING
Verb
postponing
present participle of postpone
Source: Wiktionary
POSTPONE
Post*pone", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postponed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Postponing.] Etym: [L. postponere, postpositum; post after + ponere
to place, put. See Post-, and Position.]
1. To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to
be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the
consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely.
His praise postponed, and never to be paid. Cowper.
2. To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to
precedence, preference, value, or importance.
All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this.
Locke.
Syn.
– To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition