deferment
UK/dɪˈfɜːmənt//dɪˈfɚ.mənt/
deferment noun: an act or instance of deferring or putting off.
Noun
deferment (plural deferments)
- An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
- Synonyms:
- deferral
- Officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service.
deferment meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Indonesian
deferment in Tamil
- ஒத்திவைப்பு
deferment in Urdu
- التوا, تاخیر, ٹال مٹول
deferment in Malayalam
- adjournment, postponement, deferral
- മാറ്റിവയ്ക്കൽ, നീട്ടിവയ്ക്കൽ, വിളംബം, വിളംബിപ്പിക്കൽ, വിലക്കിവയ്ക്കൽ, ഉപാലംഭം
deferment in Indonesian
- act or instance of deferring
- penundaan
Synonyms of deferment
Antonyms
Forms of deferment
| plural | deferments |
|---|
Origin of deferment
From defer + -ment.
Questions about deferment
- What does deferment mean?
- Deferment means an act or instance of deferring or putting off.
- What is deferment in Tamil?
- Deferment in Tamil is ஒத்திவைப்பு. See Deferment meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is deferment?
- Deferment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce deferment?
- Deferment is pronounced /dɪˈfɜːmənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of deferment?
- The plural of deferment is deferments.
Words near deferment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deferment (page history and authors); deferment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deferment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deferment (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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