Which motion is used to delay action indefinitely and effectively kill the motion?

• A. Postpone Definitely
• B. Postpone Indefinitely
• C. Recess
• D. Table

Answer: (B)

When you want to stop a motion from being acted on for the foreseeable future, you use a move to postpone indefinitely. This asks the group to set the matter aside without any specified time to reconsider, effectively killing it for the current session because it won’t come up again unless someone takes new action to revive it. It’s more final than other delaying motions.

Compare with the others: postponing definitely pushes the motion to a future time but keeps it alive and open for debate later; a recess is just a temporary break in business and doesn’t affect the motion itself; to table is generally a temporary set-aside that can be revived more easily, depending on the rules in use.