Usually means: Postponing or delaying action or decision.
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  1. deferring: Merriam-Webster
  2. deferring, deferring: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deferring: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. deferring: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. deferring: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Deferring: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Deferring: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. Deferring: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. deferring: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. deferring: FreeDictionary.org
  15. deferring: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. deferring: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  deferral

Similar:
postponed, delayed, deferral, forestalling, prorogation, postponence, delaying tactic, offput, procrastination, pendence, more...

Opposite:
acting, deciding, initiating, asserting, imposing

Types:
procrastination, postponement, delay, more...

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Similar:
postponed, delayed, deferral, forestalling, prorogation, postponence, delaying tactic, offput, procrastination, pendence, more...

Opposite:
acting, deciding, initiating, asserting, imposing

Types:
procrastination, postponement, delay, more...



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