putoff

putoff
/poot"awf', -of'/, n.
1. an act or instance of putting off.
2. a delaying, postponing, or avoiding of something.
3. an expressed excuse or evasion; demur: She responded with a polite but firm putoff.
[1540-50; n. use of v. phrase put off]

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