postponement

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

postponement
    n 1: time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay
         caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
         [syn: {delay}, {hold}, {time lag}, {postponement}, {wait}]
    2: act of putting off to a future time [syn: {postponement},
       {deferment}, {deferral}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Postponement \Post*pone"ment\, n.
   The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a
   future time; a temporary delay. --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]