postponement Definition

postpone
verb

postponed, postponing
1. To delay or put off something till later. Also defer. Compare cancel, adjourn.

Thesaurus: put off, delay, shelve, table, suspend, defer, hold over, waive, put on ice (slang), pigeonhole, adjourn, freeze, prorogue; Antonym: advance, forward.

Derivative: postponement
noun

The act of postponing
Thesaurus: delay, suspension, stay, moratorium, freeze, respite, deferment, deferral, adjournment, prorogation.

Etymology: 16c: from Latin postponere, from ponere to place.