deferment

English

Etymology

defer +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɜːmənt/

Noun

deferment (plural deferments)

An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
Officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service.

Synonyms

(act of deferring): deferral; see also Thesaurus:deferment or Thesaurus:delay

Translations

act or instance of deferring

Bulgarian: отсрочка (bg) f (otsročka), отлагане (bg) n (otlagane)
Dutch: opschorting (nl),uitstel (nl)
Finnish: lykkäys (fi)
German: Aufschub (de) m, Verzögerung (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: ἀναβολή f (anabolḗ)
Italian: dilazione (it) f, posponimento m, deferimento m
Middle English: differryng
Slovene: odlog m, moratorij (sl) m, preložitev f
Spanish: diferimiento m
Turkish: erteleme (tr), tehir etme, tehir (tr)

postponement of military service

Dutch: uitstel van militaire dienst
Finnish: lykkäys (fi)
German: Aufschub (de) m
Turkish: tecil (tr)

Anagrams

fermented

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