deferment

[ dih-fur-muh nt ]

/ dɪˈfɜr mənt /

the act of deferring or putting off; postponement.

a temporary exemption from induction into military service.

Origin of deferment

First recorded in 1605–15; defer¹ + -ment

There is no deferment, there is just pay 50 percent of your income, now.

The Not-So-Bright Future of Palestine's Class of 2013 |Maysoon Zayid |June 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
When her second deferment is up this May, a judge will decide to send her back to Mexico or defer her again.

Should This Woman Be Deported? Meet Jessica Colotl, a Casualty of the Failed DREAM Act |Whitney Joiner |January 4, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The forging of the weapon, and its adequate preparation for use, are not matters susceptible of deferment until the crucial hour.

Sound Military Decision |U.s. Naval War College
Life is neither remembrance nor anticipation, neither regret nor deferment, but present realization.

The Gate of Appreciation |Carleton Noyes

But deferment made the heart sick, and the brain and almost the stomach.

The Cup of Fury |Rupert Hughes
Theodosia argued for a deferment of the marriage, quoting Aristotle, that a man should not marry till he was thirty-six.

Famous American Belles of the Nineteenth Century |Virginia Tatnall Peacock

deferment

/ (dɪˈfɜːmənt) /

the act of deferring or putting off until another time; postponement