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1. Hold back to a later time
   "let's defer the exam";
   - postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table [N. Amer], shelve, set back, remit, put off
    
2. Yield to another's wish or opinion
   "The government deferred to the military pressure";
   - submit, bow[2], accede, give in

Derived forms: defers, deferring, deferred

Type of: buckle under, delay, give in, knuckle under, succumb, yield

Encyclopedia: Defer