Defer

v. t.	1.	To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold. [imp. & p. p. Deferred ; p. pr. & vb. n. Deferring.] Defer the spoil of the city until night. - Shak. God . . . will not long defer To vindicate the glory of his name. - Milton.
v. i.	1.	To put off; to delay to act; to wait. Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure. - J. A. Symonds.
v. t.	1.	To render or offer. Worship deferred to the Virgin. - Brevint.
	2.	To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; - with to. Hereupon the commissioners . . . deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland. - Bacon.
v. i.	1.	To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; - with to. The house, deferring to legal right, acquiesced. - Bancroft.

Verb	1.	defer - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" Synonyms: postpone, prorogue, put off, set back, shelve, table, put over, remit, hold over
	2.	defer - submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" Synonyms: accede, give in, bow, submit

accede, accede to, accommodate, acquiesce, adapt, adjourn, adjust, agree, agree to, assent, block, bow, bow to, capitulate, cave, comply with, conform, continue, cringe, defer to, delay, detain, drag out, extend, fawn, hang fire, hang up, hinder, hold off, hold over, hold up, impede, intermit, knuckle, knuckle under, lay aside, lay by, lay over, lengthen, obstruct, pigeonhole, prolong, prorogate, prorogue, protract, push aside, put aside, put off, put on ice, put over, recess, remit, reserve, retard, set aside, set by, shelve, shift off, sleep on, slow, stall, stand over, stave off, stay, stretch out, submit, submit to, succumb, suspend, table, take a recess, truckle, waive, yield to

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