postponement
noun C1- A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding. · The lawyer asked for a postponement in the trial so he could spend more time preparing before it began.
Plural postponements
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The investigation would begin at eight o’clock that evening in the committee-room, and if postponement were necessary, the proceedings would be resumed each evening at the same hour.
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