adjournment

[ uh-jurn-muhnt ]

/ əˈdʒɜrn mənt /

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noun

the act of adjourning or the state or period of being adjourned.

Origin of adjournment

1635–45; <Anglo-French adjournement,Middle French. See adjourn, -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM adjournment

non·ad·journ·ment, nounpre·ad·journ·ment, nounpro·ad·journ·ment, adjectivere·ad·journ·ment, noun

Words nearby adjournment

adjoin, adjoining, adjoint, adjoint differential equation, adjourn, adjournment, adjt., adjudge, adjudicate, adjudication, adjudicator

Example sentences from the Web for adjournment

Second, the two houses of Congress must disagree about the time of adjournment.
Obama’s Congressional Test|Michael Tomasky|August 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
When I left my substitute was just getting up to ask for the adjournment.
Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red Robe|Eugne Brieux
On the night after this adjournment, the cannon were removed.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862|Various
The hour of adjournment on Friday was changed at the same time to half-past five.
The Government of England (Vol. I)|A. Lawrence Lowell

Mr. Fox said, the opposition to the adjournment was uncandid and unbecoming.
The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the|Thomas Clarkson
The first instalment of emergency war legislation was completed before the adjournment (Aug. 10) of both Houses as follows.
The Annual Register 1914|Anonymous