Noun
The act of delaying; postponement.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA disadvantage is the lack of democratic control and transparency, this leading, from a democratic viewpoint, to the deferment of actual power of policy-making to faceless, if even known, public servants. Source: Internet
Higham, pp. 331–332 Ziegler said that the Duke blamed the trouble on "mischief makers – communists " and "men of Central European Jewish descent, who had secured jobs as a pretext for obtaining a deferment of draft". Source: Internet
In 1969, Judge MacMahon wrote a letter to Giuliani's draft board, asking that he be reclassified as 2-A, civilian occupation deferment, because Giuliani, who was a law clerk for MacMahon, was an essential employee. Source: Internet
Catanduanes Rep. Cesar Sarmiento, chairman of the House committee on transportation, said the panel may seek a deferment of the unpopular MRT-LRT fare hikes “if warranted.” Source: Internet
It goes on like that, laying out Mueller's credentials while conspicuously never mentioning a certain someone who famously got out of serving in Vietnam on a "bone spurs" deferment (plus four educational deferments). Source: Internet
As for the criteria for a deferment or forbearance, chances are, you qualify for something. Source: Internet