defer
Bow to authority
Defer means to put off until later or to yield to someone else's judgment.
You might defer a decision until you have more information, or defer to an expert's opinion.
The first sense emphasizes delay; the second emphasizes submission or respect.
A deferential person habitually yields to others.
Deferred payment comes later; a deferred dream waits for its moment.
Enforced waiting period
- postponeDelay to later time
- adjournTemporarily halt proceedings
- rescheduleAssign a different time
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
shelve · table · put off · moratorium · hold off · procrastinate · stall · reprieve
Produce or relinquish
- submitPresent for consideration
- bowRespectful forward inclination
- acquiesceSubmit without protest
- capitulateYield under pressure
concede · accede · relent · kowtow · give way · subordinate · bend · comply
High regard, moral dignity
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- regardAttentive consideration given
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- venerationProfound admiring respect
homage · consideration · courtesy · politeness · civility · decorum · recognition · acknowledgment
delay
Enforced waiting period
- postponeDelay to later time
- adjournTemporarily halt proceedings
- rescheduleAssign a different time
suspend · shelve · table · put off · moratorium · hold off · procrastinate · stall · reprieve · remission
yield
Produce or relinquish
capitulate · concede · accede · relent · kowtow · give way · subordinate · bend · comply · consent
honor
High regard, moral dignity
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- regardAttentive consideration given
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
veneration · homage · consideration · courtesy · politeness · civility · decorum · recognition · acknowledgment · tribute
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- waitingwait, await, bide, hold on, hang on
- deferencebow, curtsy, genuflect, kneeling, obeisance
- meeting actionsmeet, encounter, greet, approach, run into
- async programmingasync, asynchronous, await, callback, future
- deferred incomePrepayment awaiting future delivery
- deferred paymentBuying before paying
- draft defermentDelayed military service obligation
- student defermentDelayed conscription for academics
- deferred maintenancePostponed upkeep work
- tax deferredUntaxed until withdrawn
deference, deferral, deferred, deferment, defers, deferring, deferrable