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

Deferment :: Deferment (n.) The act of delaying; postponement.

Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.

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

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..

Defervescency :: Defervescency (n.) A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness.

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

Defervescence :: Defervescence (n.) Alt. of Defervescenc.

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

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

Deferent :: Deferent (n.) That which carries or conveys.

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

Respect :: Respect (v.) An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another..

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

Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to..

Procrastinator :: Procrastinator (n.) One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything..

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.

Deference :: Deference (n.) A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.

Forsooth :: Forsooth (n.) A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.

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