postponement

English

postponement (countable and uncountable, plural postponements)

A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.
The lawyer asked for a postponement in the trial so he could spend more time preparing before it began.

the state of being adjourned

Azerbaijani: təxir
Bulgarian: отлагане (bg) n (otlagane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 推遲／推迟 (zh) (tuīchí), 延緩／延缓 (zh) (yánhuǎn), 延期 (zh) (yánqī)
French: ajournement (fr) m
German: Aufschub (de) m, Verschiebung (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: ἀναβολή f (anabolḗ)
Japanese: 延期 (ja) (えんき, enki)
Macedonian: одложу́вање n (odložúvanje)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ajournement n, utsettelse m, utsetning m or f, utsetting m or f
Romanian: amânare (ro) f
Russian: отсро́чка (ru) f (otsróčka) (postponement), откла́дывание (ru) n (otkládyvanije) (act of postponing), заде́ржка (ru) f (zadéržka) (delay)
Spanish: aplazamiento m

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