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defer1, v. 1. delay, postpone, suspend, table, shelve, SI. put on the shelf, pigeonhole, prorogue; hold off, hold up, lay over, refrain from further action, hold in abeyance, put in cold storage, put on ice, put on a back burner, hang fire, put in a holding pattern; procrastinate, wait, put off, cunctate, temporize, dally, gain time, Inf. drag one's feet, Inf. foot drag; Inf. stall, stave off, U. S. filibuster; respite, stay, reprieve. 2. adjourn, recess, discontinue, interrupt, intermit, break off; pause, break, breathe, All Inf. take a break, take a breath, take a breather, catch one's breath, take five.
defer2, v. 1. yield, submit, bow, bow to; give way to, give ground to; give in, surrender, acquiesce, comply, assent, capitulate; accede, cede.
2. refer, relegate, consign, entrust, deliver, hand over.
deference, n. 1. submission, acquiescence, compliance, resignation, acceptance, yielding; nonresistance, passivity, complaisance; obeisance, obsequiousness, obsequence, servility, slavishness, abjection, selfabasement, prostration; docility, submissiveness, unassertiveness, tractability, Uncle Tomism.
2. regard, respect, consideration, thoughtfulness; courtesy, civility, politeness.
deferential, adj. 1. respectful, regardful, considerate, thoughtful; obedient, dutiful; polite, courteous, civil.
2. submissive, acquiescent, compliant, complaisant, passive, nonresisting, docile, tractable, mealy-mouthed, Uncle Tomish; obeisant, prostrate, on one's knees, groveling; servile, slavish, obsequious, Obs. obsequent, subservient, menial, Obs., Rare, vernile.
deferment, n. 1. delay, holdup, postponement, suspension, moratorium, abeyance, prorogation; procrastination, tardiness, cunctation; Inf. stall, U. S. filibuster, Fabian policy; wait, waiting period; adjournment, break, breath, breather, pause, recess, time-out.
2. reprieve, respite, stay, moratorium.
defiance, n. 1. resistance, combativeness, confrontation, antagonism, opposition; declaration of hostilities, throwing down or taking up the gauntlet or glove, throwing down the gage, facing down.
2. bearding, threatening, intimidation, provocation; challenge, threat, insult, despite.
3. disregard, contempt, scorn, indifference, noncompliance, waywardness; recalcitrance, stubbornness, intransigence; contumacy, rebelliousness, recusancy, disobedience, insubordination, insurgency; mutiny, sedition, revolt, rebellion, riot, strike, sabotage; war cry, war whoop, taking up arms.
4. bravado, gutsiness, daring, derring-do; audacity, boldness, braveness, intrepidity.
defiant, adj. 1. resistant, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, hostile, pugnacious, provocative, threatening, in opposition; audacious, bold, Scot. bardy, headstrong, hard-headed, devil-may-care, gutsy.
2. unruly, contumacious, disobedient, insubordinate, rebellious, mutinous; stubborn, mulelike, obstinate, unyielding, adamant, recalcitrant; insubmissive, recusant, restive, refractory; insolent, snippy, scornful, dissentient, contemptuous, disregardful.
deficiency, n. 1. lack, want, absence, default, dearth, paucity, destitution; scarcity, insufficiency, short supply; scantiness, meagerness, inadequacy, incompleteness.
2. failing, defect, frailty, flaw. See - defect (def 1).
3. shortage, shortfall. See - deficit.
deficient, adj. 1. lacking, wanting, incomplete, unfinished; defective, flawed, impaired, imperfect; infirm, weak, faulty, unsound, inferior, poor, bad; not up to par, not up to snuff.
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