draft deferment

  • 1deferment — I noun adjournment, cunctation, dalliance, deferral, delay, dilatormess, extension, extension of time, interruption, moratorium, postponement, procrastination, prolongation, prorogation, putting off, respite, stoppage, suspension, tabling,… …

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  • 2Draft evasion — is a term that refers to an intentional failure to comply with the military conscription policies of the nation to which he or she is subject. Such practices that do not involve law breaking or which are based on conscientious objection are… …

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  • 3deferment — 1610s, from DEFER (Cf. defer) (1) + MENT (Cf. ment). As a word for conditional exemption from a military draft it dates to 1918, Amer.Eng …

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  • 4Draft dodger — A draft dodger, draft evader or draft resister, is a person who avoids ( dodges ) or otherwise violates the conscription policies of the nation in which he or she is a citizen or resident, by leaving the country, going into hiding, attempting to… …

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  • 5deferment — Putting off to a future time; postponement of vesting or enjoyment of an estate; the action of a selective service draft board in postponing the call of a person within the draft to service in the armed service …

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  • 6Mitt Romney — Mitt Romney …

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  • 7Ed Burke — Edward M. Burke (born December 29, 1943) is alderman of the 14th Ward [ [http://egov.cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC ATTACH/14th.pdf Chicago ward map] ] in Chicago. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected to the… …

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  • 8de·fer·ment — /dıˈfɚmənt/ noun, pl ments : the act of allowing something to be delayed or deferred: such as a : official permission to pay for something at a later time [count] She requested a six month deferment on her loan. [noncount] She requested deferm …

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  • 9Clinton, Bill — in full William Jefferson Clinton orig. William Jefferson Blythe IV born Aug. 19, 1946, Hope, Ark., U.S. 42nd president of the U.S. (1993–2001). Born shortly after his father s death in a car crash, he later took the last name of his mother s… …

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  • 10ḤAREDIM — (lit. reverently fearful, from Hebrew ḥared, fearful, trembling, pious ; common definition, ultra Orthodox Jews). Introduction Orthodox Jews constitute the smallest major Jewish religious denomination. Although found in all principal areas of… …

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