Related Words for defer

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postpone
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Verb, Verb
submit
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Verb, Verb
accede
x/
Verb, Verb
remit
x/
Verb, Verb, Noun
table
/x
Noun, Verb
bow
/
Verb, Verb
give in
/x
Phrase, Verb
hold over
//x
Phrase, Verb
put off
//
Phrase, Verb
put over
//x
Phrase, Verb
set back
//
Phrase, Verb
forgo
x/
Verb
overrule
/xx
Verb
withhold
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Verb
forego
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Verb
disallow
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Verb
waive
/
Verb
deferral
x/x
Noun
deference
/xx
Noun
prefer
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Verb
advise
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Verb
ignore
x/
Verb
loath
/
Adjective
refuse
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Noun
override
/xx
Verb
reconsider
xx/x
Verb
reject
x/
Verb
acquiesce
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Verb
suspend
x/
Verb
delaying
x/x
Verb
preempt
/x
Verb
allow
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Verb
proceed
x/
Verb
decide
x/
Verb
permitting
x/x
Verb
consult
x/
Verb
approve
x/
Verb
revert
x/
Verb
presume
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Verb
eschew
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Verb
rescind
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Verb
allocate
/xx
Verb
insist
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Verb
relinquish
x/x
Verb
impose
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Verb
withdraw
x/
Verb
intend
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Verb
compel
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Verb
instruct
x/
Verb
avoid
x/
Verb
requesting
x/x
Verb
deny
x/
Verb
admonish
x/x
Verb
preclude
x/
Verb
accept
x/
Verb
reluctant
x/x
Adjective
initiate
x/xx
Verb
seek
/
Verb
dictate
x/
Verb
refer
x/
Verb
prioritize
x/xx
Verb
ascribe
x/
Verb
dismiss
x/
Verb
forcing
/x
Verb
relegate
/xx
Verb
declare
x/
Verb
demur
x/
Noun
cancel
/x
Noun
disregard
xx/
Noun
wait
/
Verb
obliged
x/
Verb
consider
x/x
Verb
encourage
x/x
Verb
cede
/
Verb
authorize
/xx
Verb
assign
x/
Verb
discourage
x/x
Verb
deduct
x/
Verb
evade
x/
Verb
letting
/x
Verb
abandon
x/x
Verb
invoke
x/
Verb
shun
/
Noun
anticipate
x/xx
Verb
terminate
/xx
Verb
enable
x/x
Verb
rethink
x/
Verb
hesitate
/xx
Verb
entrust
x/
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb
persuade
x/
Verb
pursue
x/
Verb
disburse
x/
Verb
requiring
x/xx
Verb
choose
/
Verb
necessitate
x/xx
Verb
opting
/x
Verb
spurn
/
Verb
modify
/xx
Verb
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
exclude
x/
Verb
assert
x/
Verb
call
/
Noun
reinstate
xx/
Verb
hasten
/x
Verb
concede
x/
Verb
reluctance
x/x
Noun
confer
x/
Verb
undertake
/xx
Verb
skip
/
Noun
tend
/
Verb
inclined
x/
Adjective
agreeing
x/x
Verb
extend
x/
Verb
chastise
x/
Verb
reassess
xx/
Verb
stipulate
/xx
Verb
finalize
/xx
Verb
prerogative
x/xx
Noun
subsidize
/xx
Verb
contribute
x/x
Verb
dispense
x/
Verb
apply
x/
Verb
revise
x/
Verb
forfeit
/x
Verb
implore
x/
Verb
reassign
xx/
Verb
reevaluate
xx/xx
Verb
justify
/xx
Verb
retain
x/
Verb
rationalize
/xxx
Verb
supersede
xx/
Verb
heed
/
Verb
inform
x/
Verb
condescend
xx/
Verb
refusal
x/x
Noun
precede
x/
Verb
speak
/
Verb
oppose
x/
Verb
decision
x/x
Noun
renounce
x/
Verb
reserving
x/x
Verb
nullify
/xx
Verb
obligation
xx/x
Noun
incur
x/
Verb
await
x/
Verb
argue
/x
Verb
disqualify
x/xx
Verb
convince
x/
Verb
adjust
x/
Verb
reallocate
x/xx
Verb
needing
/x
Verb
opine
x/
Verb
bestow
x/
Verb
contend
x/
Verb
retard
x/
Verb
hold off
//
Phrase, Verb
adjourn
x/
Verb
procrastinate
x/xx
Verb
forbear
x/
Verb
hold
/
Noun
push off
//
Phrase, Verb
hold out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
decline
x/
Noun
prolong
x/
Verb
park
/
Noun
stay
/
Verb
tarry
/x
Noun
arbitral
/xx
Verb
gratifications
xxx/x
Noun
reprocessing
x/xx
Noun
betters
/x
Noun
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
combined
x/
Adjective, Noun
conjoint
x/
Adjective
contextualized
x/xxx
Verb, Adjective
corrective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
dally
/x
Name, Verb
delegate
/xx
Noun, Verb
deviate
/xx
Verb, Noun
differ
/x
Verb, Noun
diverge
x/
Verb
expeditious
xx/x
Adjective
exploratory
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
fold
/
Noun, Verb
further
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
holdup
/x
Noun
linger
/x
Verb, Noun
move
/
Verb, Noun
needlessly
/xx
Adverb
planning
/x
Noun
precedence
/xx
Noun
prevail
x/
Verb
prior
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
probate
/x
Noun, Verb
prompt
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
prophylactic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
push
/
Verb, Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
recover
x/x
Verb, Noun
reference
/xx
Noun, Verb
reflective
x/x
Adjective
rely
x/
Verb
repel
x/
Verb
report
x/
Noun, Verb
reporter
x/x
Noun
reprieve
x/
Noun, Verb
reproduce
xx/
Verb
reschedule
x/x
Verb
respite
/x
Noun, Verb
resume
x/
Verb, Noun
return
x/
Noun, Verb
routine
x/
Adjective, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
see
/
Verb, Noun
send
/
Verb, Noun
snooze
/
Noun, Verb
tilt
/
Noun, Verb
unload
x/
Verb
vary
/x
Verb, Noun
yield
/
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective