ADJOURNMENT

adjournment, dissolution

(noun) the termination of a meeting

adjournment

(noun) the act of postponing to another time or place

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

adjournment (countable and uncountable, plural adjournments)

The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.

(rhetoric) Ampliatio.

Synonyms

• (action of adjourning): deferral, procrastination; see also deferment

Source: Wiktionary


Ad*journ"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. f. adjournement, OF. ajornement. See Adjourn.]

1. The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.

2. The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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