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Immediate :: Immediate (a.) Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.

Defervescency :: Defervescency (n.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia..

Delay :: Delay (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.

Dilatory :: Dilatory (a.) Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant..

Deferential :: Deferential (a.) Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.

Instant :: Instant (a.) Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.

Dutiful :: Dutiful (a.) Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject..

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty..

Deferring :: Deferring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defe.

Postpone :: Postpone (v. t.) 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..

Vasa Deferentia :: Vasa deferentia (pl. ) of Va.

Non Liquet :: Non liquet () It is not clear; -- a verdict given by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to another day of trial.

Adjourn :: Adjourn (v. t.) To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate..

Delay :: Delay (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

Deferent :: Deferent (a.) Serving to carry; bearing.

Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.

Worship :: Worship (a.) Honor; respect; civil deference.

Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business..

Deferred :: Deferred (imp. & p. p.) of Defe.

Postponement :: Postponement (n.) The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay..

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