deferment

[ dih-fur-muhnt ]

noun

1. a temporary exemption from induction into military service.
2. deferral ( def 1 ).

deferment

/ dɪˈfɜːrəl; dɪˈfɜːmənt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of deferment¹

First recorded in 1605–15; defer ¹ + -ment

Example Sentences

Yet, neither that ongoing deferment nor partial forgiveness will be enough.

From Washington Post

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

From The Daily Beast

When her second deferment is up this May, a judge will decide to send her back to Mexico or defer her again.

From The Daily Beast

Her yearlong deferment expired in May 2010, and she was granted another year.

From The Daily Beast

The hypocrisy police came out in full force: Wilson himself took a student deferment when his number came up in the draft in 1969.

From The Daily Beast

Life is neither remembrance nor anticipation, neither regret nor deferment, but present realization.

From Project Gutenberg

An old minister of state, M. Deferment, reproached him to his teeth with privately selling the lives and liberties of the French.

From Project Gutenberg

The forging of the weapon, and its adequate preparation for use, are not matters susceptible of deferment until the crucial hour.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Theodosia argued for a deferment of the marriage, quoting Aristotle, that a man should not marry till he was thirty-six.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• adjournment
• deferral
• moratorium
• postponement