Definitions for deferment

deferment de·fer·ment

Spelling: [dih-fur-muh nt]
IPA: /dɪˈfɜr mənt/

Deferment is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 215 anagrams from letters in deferment (deeefmnrt).

Definitions for deferment

noun

  1. the act of deferring or putting off; postponement.
  2. a temporary exemption from induction into military service.

Origin of deferment

First recorded in 1605-15; defer1 + -ment

Examples for deferment

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for deferment
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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