POSTPONEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does postponement mean? 

• POSTPONEMENT (noun)
  The noun POSTPONEMENT has 2 senses:

1. time during which some action is awaited

2. act of putting off to a future time

  Familiarity information: POSTPONEMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTPONEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Time during which some action is awaited

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

delay; hold; postponement; time lag; wait

Context example:

he ordered a hold in the action

Hypernyms ("postponement" is a kind of...):

break; intermission; interruption; pause; suspension (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "postponement"):

extension (a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt)

moratorium (a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged)

retardation (the extent to which something is delayed or held back)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Act of putting off to a future time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deferment; deferral; postponement

Hypernyms ("postponement" is a kind of...):

delay; holdup (the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "postponement"):

adjournment (the act of postponing to another time or place)

Derivation:

postpone (hold back to a later time)

 Context examples 

"He'll have to learn, and he shall, without postponement," Scott said.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

As it is, there's a postponement.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

During that period, you will experience delays, postponements, miscommunications, and forgetfulness.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Lucy frets at the postponement of seeing him, but it does not touch her looks; she is a trifle stouter, and her cheeks are a lovely rose-pink.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

This is great news, for Mercury has been retrograde since February 16—and you likely felt the slowdowns, delays, postponements, and forgetfulness from the start of February.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You likely felt the approaching slowdown of Mercury well in advance of its official turnaround date (October 31), with delays, postponements, cancellations, electronic problems, machine repairs, and indecision from VIPs to have projects approved.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You will always feel the delays and postponements that are the trademark of Mercury retrograde two weeks ahead of its onset and two weeks after, so it’s best to take your most important actions in January.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You won’t have the frustrations of delays and postponements that you had last month, for Mercury was retrograde, but he will go direct on March 9, allowing life to move at a faster clip by mid-month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Your schedule will open up when delays and postponements arise, and that will lead to a slightly less hectic time in November, for on those days that suddenly have nothing scheduled, you can follow your own agenda.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Since Mercury begins its characteristic slowdown far ahead of the onset of its official turnaround to retrograde, you might have started to see delays, postponements, problems with electronics and machines, misunderstandings, and other mix-ups as early as mid-October.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)