adjournment

noun

ad·​journ·​ment ə-ˈjərn-mənt 

1

: the act of adjourning

adjournment of a meeting

2

: the state or interval of being adjourned

a brief adjournment

Examples of adjournment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By Friday, the Senate simply adjourned without any debate hours ahead of a mandatory 6 p.m. adjournment The measure’s failure capped a turbulent session often gripped by GOP conflict. —Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2024

But Democrats disagreed that the adjournment met procedural rules. —Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English ajournement, borrowed from Anglo-French, from ajourner "to adjourn" + -ment -ment

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1