| verb | hold back to a later time “let's postpone the exam” |
| verb | yield to another's wish or opinion “The government bowed to the military pressure” |
| postponement | noun | act of putting off to a future time |
| postponer | noun | someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) |
| prorogation | noun | discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it |
| shelver | noun | a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves |
| deferment | noun | act of putting off to a future time |
| deferral | noun | act of putting off to a future time |
| putoff | noun | a pretext for delay or inaction |
| submissive | adjective | inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination |
| submission | noun | the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else |
| submitter | noun | someone who yields to the will of another person or force |
| deferent | adjective | showing deference |
| deference | noun | courteous regard for people's feelings |