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postponence

postponence noun: the act of deeming less important or of a lower rank.

Noun

postponence (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The act of deeming less important or of a lower rank.
    • 18. Noting preference, or poſtponence. / Your highneſs ſhall repoſe you at the Tovver. / —I do not like the Tovver of any place. / Shakesp[eare].1755 April 15, Samuel Johnson, “Of”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (L–Z), London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; […], →OCLC, column 1
    Antonyms:
    preference
  2. (obsolete) The act of postponing.
    • […] he hastened to relieve her anxieties, by briefly stating the postponence of his trial […]1826, Miss Crumpe, Geraldine of Desmond: or Ireland in the Reign of Elizabeth, volume 2, page 26
    Synonyms:
    postponement

Synonyms of postponence

Antonyms

Origin of postponence

From postpone + -ence.

Questions about postponence

What does postponence mean?
Postponence means the act of deeming less important or of a lower rank.
What part of speech is postponence?
Postponence is a noun.

Words near postponence in the dictionary

  1. postponable
  2. postpone
  3. postponed
  4. postponement
  5. postponements
  6. postponence
  7. postponer
  8. postponers
  9. postpones
  10. postponing
  11. postpose

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