The act of delaying something or moving it to a later time.
From postpone, which comes from Latin postponere: post- (after) + ponere (to place). Originally meant literally 'to place after' in time.
Every time you postpone something, you're literally putting it in a different place in time—the word 'post' means after, so you're moving your task to 'after now.'
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