Defer

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To render or offer.

II. Defer ·vi To put off; to delay to act; to Wait.

III. Defer ·vt To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to Refer;

— with to.

IV. Defer ·vi To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority;

— with to.

V. Defer ·vt To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to Delay; to Withhold.