Meanings
- obsoleteuncountableThe act of deeming less important or of a lower rank.
18. Noting preference, or poſtponence. / Your highneſs ſhall repoſe you at the Tovver. / —I do not like the Tovver of any place. / Shakesp[eare].
1755 April 15, Samuel Johnson, “Of”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (L–Z), London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; […], →OCLC, column 1Antonyms: preference
- obsoleteuncountableThe act of postponing.
[…] he hastened to relieve her anxieties, by briefly stating the postponence of his trial […]
1826, Miss Crumpe, Geraldine of Desmond: or Ireland in the Reign of Elizabeth, volume 2, page 26Synonyms: postponement
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of deeming less important or of a lower rank.
nounThe act of postponing.
Origin
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postponence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postponence
“postponence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postponence. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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