adjournment

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Definition of adjournment

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.

“At midnight we made a motion for adjournment and everyone went home tired.”
“A “meeting” of an assembly is terminated by a temporary adjournment; a “session” of an assembly ends with an adjournment without day, and may consist of many meetings […]”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.

“At midnight we made a motion for adjournment and everyone went home tired.”
“A “meeting” of an assembly is terminated by a temporary adjournment; a “session” of an assembly ends with an adjournment without day, and may consist of many meetings […]”
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)Ampliatio.

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From Middle English ajournement, from Old French ajornement, equivalent to adjourn + -ment.

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