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postponement|pəʊstˈpəʊnmənt|
[f. postpone v. + -ment.]
The action or fact of postponing.
1. The action of deferring to a later time; temporary delay or adjournment.
1818in Todd. 1818Hazlitt Eng. Poets viii. (1870) 192 Those minds..which are the most entitled to expect it, can best put up with the postponement of their claims to lasting fame. 1836Sir H. Taylor Statesman xii. 83 The repetition of acts of postponement on any subject tends more and more to the subjugation of the active power in relation to it. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal i, There was no need for the postponement of our marriage.
2. Placing after or below in esteem or importance; subordination.
1830H. N. Coleridge Grk. Poets (1834) 274 That spirit of comparative neglect and postponement with which the maternal relationship was generally treated amongst the Greeks. 1879H. Spencer Data of Ethics §96. 251 That postponement of self to others which constitutes altruism. |