defer

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To delay or postpone.
2. 2
   To delay or postpone: to postpone induction into military service.
3. 3
   After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
4. 4
   To delay, to wait.
5. 5
   To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
6. 6
   To render, to offer.