'Deferment' definitions:
Definition of 'deferment'
(from WordNet)
noun
Act of putting off to a future time [syn: postponement, deferment, deferral]
Definition of 'Deferment'
From: GCIDE
- Deferment \De*fer"ment\, n. [See 1st Defer.] The act of delaying; postponement. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- My grief, joined with the instant business, Begs a deferment. --Suckling. [1913 Webster]