101 entries under defer topic. ×
| forgive(stop, reduce, decrease, abate) | |
| mitigate(stop, decrease, abate, postpone) | |
| modify(stop, reduce, decrease, abate) | |
| modulate(stop, decrease, abate, postpone) | |
| mothball(verb, drop, disregard, abandon, delay) | |
| neglect(verb, reject, abandon, delay, allow) | |
| pardon(stop, reduce, decrease, abate) | |
| refrain(verb, delay, avoid, postpone) | |
| refuse(verb, decline, reject, delay, avoid) | |
| release(stop, decrease, abate, postpone) | |
| remain(verb, delay, avoid, endure, sustain) | |
| repeal(stop, reduce, decrease, abate) | |
| reschedule(delay, suspend, adjourn, shelve) | |
| rescind(stop, reduce, decrease, abate) | |
| respite(stop, reduce, decrease, abate) | |
| scrub(drop, disregard, abandon, delay, ignore) | |
| sink(reduce, decrease, abate, postpone) | |
| slack(stop, decrease, hide, abate) | |
| soften(stop, decrease, abate, postpone) | |
| take a rain check on(expression, idiom, delay, shelve) |
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