Adjournment
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Adjournment is a noun meaning The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
Meaning
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
More Meanings
- (rhetoric) Ampliatio.
Example Sentences
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 […]
Word Forms
- adjournments
Synonyms for adjournment
Depending on context, synonyms include deferral, procrastination, dissolution.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dissolution, adjourned, adjourn, reprieve, deferral, deferment.
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