
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