Correct Answer & Explanation
Option A
• The word 'Defer' means to postpone (an action or event) to a later time. Among the given options:
• 'Suspend' means to temporarily stop or postpone.
• 'Contaminate' means to make impure.
• 'Failure' means lack of success.
• 'Bear' (as a verb) can mean to carry or endure, but not to postpone.
• Therefore, 'Suspend' is the correct synonym.