Filing an appeal will postpone the execution of a prisoner sentenced to death.
it is called postpone your mom
a reprieve
lag, retardation, delay, holdup
That is the correct spelling of "reprieve" (to postpone or cancel a judgment, or the delay in execution).
To postpone means to delay or set for a later time or date. The noun version of this is postponement, which is the amount of time the action is delayed. There is also postponer, which is a person (or object) that delays an action.
It may depend on how you wish to construct your sentence. The delay of the start or the start has been delayed.
postpone, delay, put off, suspend, shelve, hold over, procrastinate, put on ice
Postpone has a meaning of delay.
postpone
It is called a stay.
Another word for "without delay" is immediately.
lag, retardation, delay, holdup
To put an event off or delay it.
Let's postpone the presentation.
Reschedule, postpone, defer, delay...
sentence
The only 9 letter word i can find that means to postpone is: Deferring
It is difficult to willingly postpone your period for day. For some women, heavy exercise may delay their period.
A motion for continuance is a request to the judge to delay or postpone the proceedings.