postponence

English

postponence (uncountable)

(obsolete) The act of deeming less important or of a lower rank.
Antonym: preference
- 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:
  18. Noting preference, or postponence.
  Your highness shall repose you at the Tower.
  —— I do not like the Tower of any place.
  Shakesp.
(obsolete) The act of postponing.
Synonym: postponement
- 1826, Miss Crumpe, Geraldine of Desmond: or Ireland in the Reign of Elizabeth, volume 2, page 26:
  […] he hastened to relieve her anxieties, by briefly stating the postponence of his trial […]

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