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Definition of postpone:

To put off to a future or later time; to adjourn; to delay.

Synonyms:

fudge, knock back, skirt, dodge, schedule, take a rain check, tabularise, hold over, put back, circumvent, prolong, elongate, hold off, disconcert, procrastinate, accede, submit, turn off, adjourn, send back, protract, put-off, bow, extend, move, lengthen, hedge, wait, prorogue, elude, hold up, duck, slacken, get across, rearrange, set back, fix, continue, dishearten, draw out, do, defer, put over, tabularize, table, confuse, bring forward, reschedule, waive, study at suspend, lay over, give in, tabulate, sidestep, put on ice, carry over, shelve, flurry, remit, remand, parry, time, evade.

interrupt (part of speech: verb)
- pause,
- delay,
- stop,
- relieve,
- stay,
- reprieve,
- interrupt,
- snag,
- recess,
- break,
- suspend

Usage examples:

It is better to pull the string at once when you are in the shower- bath, and not to stand shivering, thinking of the inevitable shock which you can only postpone for a few minutes.

- "Can You Forgive Her?", Anthony Trollope.
I've thought it well to postpone the nomination until Wednesday the 4th, to give Sergeant Wathen a better chance of dealing with Dyas.

- "Chippinge Borough", Stanley J. Weyman.
Maximilian and Ferdinand agreed to postpone their differences concerning the regency of Castile until this division was successfully accomplished.

- "The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria", Eleanor E. Tremayne.