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verb (v)

• hold back to a later time(verb.stative)

  Example:
  Let's postpone the exam.
  

  Synonym:
  defer, hold over, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table
  

  source: wordnet30
• To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely.(verb)

  source: webster1913