Adjournment

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of postponing or deferring.
  • noun. The act of discontinuing a meeting of a public or private body or the transaction of any business until a fixed date or indefinitely. The period during which a public body adjourns its sittings: as, during an adjournment of six weeks.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.
  • noun. The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.
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  • noun. The state of being adjourned.
  • noun. The action of adjourning.
  • noun. Ampliatio.
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  • noun. the act of postponing to another time or place
  • noun. the termination of a meeting
    • Word Usage
    "Admittedly, these clauses discuss adjournments, but the term adjournment is not coextensive with recess."
    cross-reference
    adjournment in eyre  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    conclusion  deferment  deferral  ending  postponement  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    discernment  internment  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    annexation  assemble  convene  dissolution  intermission  
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