postpone

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   hold back to a later time

   let's postpone the exam

2. 2
   verb

   To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.

   “[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”

3. 3
   verb

   To place after in order; to deem less important.

   Why should the See of Antioch, that most ancient and truly Apostolical Church, where the Christian name began […] be postponed to Alexandria?

Etymology

From Latin postpōnō (“to put after; to postpone”) from post (“after”) + pōnō (“to put; to place”), compare forestall.