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English
Etymology
From postpone + -ence.
Noun
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 and P Knapton; , →OCLC, column 1:18. Noting preference, or poſtponence. / Your highneſs ſhall repoſe you at the Tovver. / —I do not like the Tovver of any place. / Shakesp[eare].
- (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 […]