deferment

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He spent 15 years in and out of forbearance, deferment and repayment on his federal loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

If necessary, you can also look into deferment and forbearance options.

From Salon • May 3, 2025

In 1968, at age 22, he got a medical deferment for having bone spurs in his heels.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024

Lvova-Belova in her Friday statement said that Yermokhin was only being summoned for record-keeping purposes and rejected claims that the teenager could be conscripted, saying that as a college student, he had a deferment.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2023

As long as he was in school, he’d have a student deferment from the draft.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge