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

Prolation :: Prolation (n.) The act of deferring; delay.

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..

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

Melotype :: Melotype (n.) A picture produced by a process in which development after exposure may be deferred indefinitely, so as to permit transportation of exposed plates; also, the process itself..

Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To render or offer.

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

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

Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage..

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..

Honor :: Honor (n.) To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship..

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

Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner..

Dutiful :: Dutiful (a.) Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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