meaning of defer
1. To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
2. To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
3. To render or offer.
4. To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.
5. To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.
6. submit or yield to anothers wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military
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Related Words
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