defer
     v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: {postpone},
           {prorogue}, {hold over}, {put over}, {table}, {shelve},
           {set back}, {remit}, {put off}]
     2: submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The
        government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: {submit},
         {bow}, {accede}, {give in}]
     [also: {deferring}, {deferred}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0